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COUNTDOWN TO COPENHAGEN – HAS THE KYOTO PROTOCOL WORKED?
December 7th marks the beginning of the Copenhagen Summit, but has the Kyoto protocol achieved anything to date?
December 7th marks the beginning of the Copenhagen Summit, an event that will see the meeting of world leaders to discuss the Kyoto protocol. The Kyoto protocol is the only outstanding world agreement on tackling climate change but is currently set to end in 2012.
The discussion will largely be seeking to reach agreement not only on the future of the Kyoto protocol but also how to stop developing countries weather the negative impact of climate change. Third world countries have contributed the least to carbon emissions but are already appearing to be the first to pay – such as the significant flooding and droughts we’ve seen this year in Africa.
The Copenhagen Summit might see the world leaders that can bring change come together, but has the Kyoto protocol even changed anything so far?
The answer, quite simply is ‘no’. Since the Kyoto protocol was implicated in 2005 we have seen a lot of talk, but little change.
The largest emitters, China and US are still arguing over who will cease their massive output of emissions first and failing to agree to a climate change pact. Whilst Japan, the world’s 5th largest emitter, are far from cutting their carbon emissions to meet their Kyoto protocol obligations despite seeing a decline of 6% since March 2009.
However, this slight drop, rather than in any effort to react to climate change effects, seems more attributed to the current climate:
“I don’t think (CO2 emissions) are peaking out because if and when the economy picks up, it is highly likely we will see CO2 emissions rising,” director of the ministry’s energy policy planning office, Takashi Ishizaki, noted in a news conference.
We are still a huge way away from achieving the 60% to 80% global emissions cut by 2020 needed to avert the worst implications of climate change.
On top of that the sheer fact that on the top of the topic board for the Copenhagen summit is aiding the devastation on developing countries shows we’re already starting to react to the impact of global warming, rather than acting to stop it.
