I followed the live broad casting all day, until I fell asleep early in the morning and I have also read a few comments and talked with some of my friends around the world – in particular African. First, I would say the trend is that; if you want to show the world you are a credible leader you have to take Climate Change seriously (Brazil, Japan etc)! Secondly, Hugo Chavez is just worried to lose his power base in Central America. But, he might be shooting himself in the foot. Other developing country leaders are bit naive. But it is all normal and expected.
What is a paradigm shift is that, if you listened to US, Russia, Brazil etc the new attitude and understanding, which we in Sweden has understood for a long time, is that “Independently of the outcome of this meeting we will cut carbon emissions as stated as it is good for our country”. And, when they say good they mean from a Sustainability point of view. It is good for Business, it is good for the People (social) and also for the Environment!
This is an attitude that could and should be adopted by the developing countries as well – Support and promote Green Business!
What I am sure of is that there will be a continuation of the Kyoto Protocol, or something similar, that makes it possible to fund the movement to turn Africa Green again!
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