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1. Narendran Says:
   December 1st, 2009 at 8:41 pm

   To the editor,
   A small not in the note provided. why should global deforestation require 42$ billion, why not 500 billion rupees. Open up technology. substitute things which takes a toll on forest. Why make investments in dollars, except incase you are interested in American economic conditions. Let the corporates open up their technological developments to all the countries in the world(for free).

2. Kuldeep kumar Kaul Says:
   December 3rd, 2009 at 7:53 am

   Dear Sir,

   Well, definitely checking the climate change NOW at least is of utmost importance as sustainability of the future existence on planet earth is concerned. Reasons for this change need be best estertained scientifically well and then appropriate restrictive actions taken without further delay.

   Deforestation is one important cause for climatic negative change. I have been telling all concerned that Paper Industry through Pulping Processes & raw material demand is cutting climate with many edged sword. one, it cause deforestation in alarming fashion. Two, it is copmpelled to plant through agro-forestry the type of plants like Eucalyptus which creat deliterious effects on the top soil of earth and underground water table lowering. Three, Paper Industry produces lot of emissions into atmosphere, causing green house effect. Four, it also produces lot of stream & solid waste pollution all around the area. I suggested a solution to curb most of these troubles Paper Industry is known for, but due to variety of burecracy and vested interests that was taken care of by the personnels contacted. Or, even did not respond back to tell the suggestion not apprpriate giving reason.

   In this regard, I being a Paper Technologist and Scientist have been persuading DGCSIR, a leading scietific organisation of India, top Indian Paper Mill mangement personnels, Department of Science & Technology, Central Pulp & Paper Research Institute, Saharanpur, India since last more than two years to initiate urgent “Mega Mission Project” aiming at the development of “Unique Raw Material”(Lignocellulose) for Paper Industry which would revolutionise the basic processing (Pulpinng) of conventional forest base raw materials and thus reduce/elimate the huge pollution it sends into atmoshphere by way of “Flue Gases” from its Recovery boilers. Also as pointed out for Indoneshia or any other country producing Paper Pulp are not only creating deforestatrion causing prominent climatic negative change but also creating other type of ecological imbalance due to fast growing Ecalyptus huge plantation like subsiding the top earth crust and lowering of underground water table.

   My timely suggestion did touched none, since it did not hit their interest of direct profit and fame. So no proper response to my very important suggestion was recieved with deep pain in my heart. Only three days back therefore and also in view of current hue & cry of Copenhagen summit, I have sent that very idea through e–mail to R.K. Pauchori, Nobel Lauriate of 2008 for environment climatic change and Jayram Ramesh, Hon. minister for Environment & Forest. It is imaterial what stand India or any other country take at Copenhagen summit or, whether Hon. Priminister, Manmohan Singh or, any other leader attend the summit or not but, the type of “Mega Mission Mode International Project” in my mind need be initiated at the earliest by any country anywhere in the world if climatic negative change is to be checked partially atleast!! Let world leaders at Copenhagen summit creat ample funds to initiate and execute the type of project inmy mind as regards eliminating deliterious effects paper Industry is causing and are well known to all. All those funds are needed for the noble cause of protecting Mother earth and its climatic balance!!

   I am in the very hopeful mood that both Pauchori and Jayram would take my suggestion seriously and “CALL ME for a formal presentation of my idea”. I further hope that Greenpeace International & Greenpeace India would also press upon the ALL concerned authorities to initiate & start the project in my mind immediately. I would like to share the idea with anybody who is in reality keen to really do something positive & tangible towards greenpeace and maintaining climate balance!!

3. GOPI DUTT Says:
   December 5th, 2009 at 11:13 am

   Hello Friends, 05/12/2009
   Jai Hind

   Our organization YFF has undertaken a project: Pushpanjali Prawaha ‘The flow of devotional flowers’ the new method for disposal of flowers and other puja waste in the year 2010 in Delhi. We have devised a special “PATRA” which will be placed in public places for the immediate disposal of these flowers. These will subsequently be disposed by our volunteers at an appropriate place. This will help tremendously in the reduction of pollution in The Yamuna river.

   To clean as much as possible of the poly bags and flowers from repeating error of putting flowers and poly bags again unto the river. We are also organizing Door to Door campaigning to educate uniform people in addition to touching almost 2 lace school children to help in our endeavor.

   We have devised a 3 Point Programme to help clean YAMUNA RIVER in DELHI.

   A) To stop people from throwing the Ceremonial flowers / Poly bags etc in YAMUNA River.
   B) All things being currently thrown in YAMUNA to be collected & a recycling process to be initiated.
   C) To organize children currently engaged in coin collecting & rag picking and give them employment & education.

   Our organization has devised a plan under which each councilor (Parshad) will be requested to install two “ PUSHPANJALI PRAWAHA PATRA” at common venues which would facilitate the disposal of the flowers & Prayer Samagri etc.

   The gap of the Prawaha from where the flowers will be inserted is at an angle of 23 degrees, like a letter box which will allow only flexible items inside.

   Since Delhi is preparing for 2010 Commonwealth Games, we also want to achieve the aforesaid goal in a very short time i.e. in Seven months. If help to make Yamuna river pollution free of flowers and poly bags is granted, we shall leave no stone unturned to complete the work within the stipulated time to the satisfaction of all concerned. We hope that you will make your contribution for this noble cause.

   We would be highly obliged if you could kindly help us in organizing this and give us a meeting time where we could explain our Programme in detail.

   Please Help Me Sir
   With kind regards,
   Yours
   GOPI DUTT

   Our NGO – Youth Fraternity Foundation aims to serve the nation in various ways. You must be aware of the pollution being caused due to the disposal of used flowers and other worship materials in our Holy River Yamuna , and carried by all the rivers of India. Our organization, YFF, has undertaken a project to clean the rivers of INDIA starting with The YAMUNA,which will be starting from Delhi .

   THE ORGANIZATION HAS PREPARED ITS OWN “ TASK-FORCE ” ENGAGING HUNDREDS OF YOUTH WHO HAVE VOLUNTEERED TO WORK IN DIFFERENT AREAS OF THE CITY ON EVERY ALTERNATIVE DAY AND MAKE PEOPLE AWARE OF THE ADVERSE EFFECTS OF PLASTIC BAGS ON THE ENVIRONMENT AND ALSO TO COLLECT FLOWERS AND OTHER ARTICLES LEFT AFTER POOJA AND OR THROWN INTO THE YAMUNA.

   yff.india@gmail.com
   yffindia.blogspot.com

4. nuthakkiradhakrishna Says:
   December 9th, 2009 at 1:10 pm

   The reason for this traffic to Copenhagen , fortunately or unfotunately,is the atmosphere does not have any boundaries.You can not stop the agression of the devastating Carbon Emissions to enter your country though you are not the offender.

   THE WORLD UNDERSTANDS THE DEVELOPED COUNTRIES` IGNORANCE OF THE DAMAGE TO THE PLANET-EARTH BY EMISSIONS TILL RECENT YEARS.BUT IF THEY STILL CONTINUE TO DO SO OR NOT ACT, THE OTHER WORLD OF UNDEVELOPED AND DEVELOPING COUNTRIES WILL TREAT THEM AS THE DESTROYERS OF THE PLANET EARTH.

   The threat of climate change is now so grave that it requires radical action.The world leaders must ensure that the summit reaches a fair, ambitious and binding deal that saves us all from climate change. If we don’t change the self-centered greedy attitude and take real action, we will lose our chance to save the Earth from the climate change.You,the leaders of the world have a unique responsibility because you exercise political power at a time when humanity is faced with its greatest ever challenge. For leaders after you, it will be too late to act. It is our generation that must take charge and save our the Earth. And we can, but the clock is ticking.The Copenhagen climate summit is just weeks away. The international negotiations are deadlocked and we’re running out of time to get the global deal that the planet needs.

   Climate Change has become an urgent and pervasive preoccupation across the globe. It is a global challenge which requires an ambitious global response. India and other developing countries would be among those most seriously impacted by the consequences of Climate Change. It is for this reason that India, along with its G-77 + China partners, has been playing an active and constructive role in the ongoing multilateral negotiations under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, to ensure that the forthcoming 15th Conference of Parties in Copenhagen in December this year, delivers an ambitious, but also an equitable outcome.The only way to solve this problem is stopping the abuse of the nature. In December,at Copenhagen, these world leadrs stand together to fight the climate change – the biggest terror, the humanity faces.
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   COP15 has been called the most important meeting of the century, and is, in fact, of great global significance as it will define the role of governments and businesses worldwide in guiding the economy onto a sustainable path. The complexity of global climate policy often leaves people confused and disengaged; however, i speak earth has the power to unite citizens worldwide and help them influence the change they seek.Climate change is an issue that does and will affect every citizen on earth. World leaders at COP15 must establish a replacement for the Kyoto Protocol – which expires in 2012 and is not structured to solve the dire
   climate change problem – that will reduce emissions over the next 10 to 15 years. If not, the opportunity to prevent global warming will be lost and the door to uncertainty will be open.About The Copenhagen Climate Council .The Copenhagen Climate Council is a global collaboration between business and science founded by the leading independent think tank in Scandinavia, Monday Morning, based in Copenhagen. The members of the Copenhagen Climate Council have come together to create global awareness of the importance of the U.N. Climate Change Conference, COP15, in Copenhagen, in December 2009, and to ensure support and assistance to global decision-makers when agreeing on a new climate treaty.

   The US and other advanced countries may be dithering in the fight against climate change but India is ready to launch its Solar mission. The Union Cabinet is going to consider the mission document, which requires India to generate 1,000 mw of solar power every year by 2013.It is also observed that developing nations are pressurised to meet the targets, the US and other developed nations should do their part by offering financial and technology and should not be greedy to earn out of this as emissions in any part of the world are going to effect the whole world.

   India and the US signed an “MoU to Enhance Cooperation on Energy Security , Energy Efficiency , Clean Energy and Climate Change” on 24 November 2009. The bilateral document was signed by External Affairs Minister and US Secretary of State at the US State Department.The MoU would strengthen and intensify India-US collaboration on energy security, clean energy and climate change and bring together joint ideas on energy efficiency, renewable energy and green technologies to stimulate India-US Energy dialogue and the India-US bilateral dialogue on Global Climate Change, a new framework announced on 20 July 2009. It would allow the two countries to share their experiences and best practices as they both try to diversify their energy mix. The MoU would help to expand current partnerships for promoting sustainable growth, innovation, application of alternative fuels and clean energy and capacity building for deployment of adaptable, affordable and climate friendly technologies in both countries. The MoU envisages setting up an India–US Clean Energy Research and Deployment Initiative, including a Joint Research Center to foster innovation and joint efforts to accelerate deployment of clean energy technologies.
   China invites key nations to discuss climate change on Nov 27th;This discussion coming after both China and India signed MOUs with US on climate and energy related issues is reaffirmative to G77 nations.Doubts had been raised both about China and India about aligning with US.At the same time,influential players of G77 are watching this.Brazil,one of the key players had recently proposed to reduce its emissions thro` externally supported reduction in in deforestation but this also is not along with the classic G77 positions.this made some of G77 to say that developed world is creating a divide and rule over them.On the top of this,a group called vulnerable countries–including Bangladesh and Mauritius is funded and forged to have a seperate say at UN meet also collaborates this doubt.

   President Barack Obama will attend climate-change talks in Copenhagen next month, offering an emissions-cut goal of about 17 percent by 2020 after legislation to reduce greenhouse gases stalled in Congress. The president will travel to the Danish capital on Dec. 9 during the first week of negotiations for a new treaty to replace the Kyoto Protocol, which expires in 2012, The proposed emissions cut marks the first time the U.S. has offered a 2020 target in the international negotiations. A measure passed by the House of Representatives in June calls for a 17 percent reduction while a measure proposed in the Senate calls for a cut of 20 percent.
   The House of Representatives passed a bill in June by a 219-212 vote. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, a Nevada Democrat, said last week that his chamber won’t take up legislation until “sometime in the spring.” Without a completed bill from the Senate, which would have to ratify an international climate treaty by a two-thirds majority, Obama’s negotiators are left without firm guidelines from Congress.

   Sticking Point====The level of emissions cuts has been a sticking point between industrialized nations and emerging economies. China and India have argued that industrialized countries must be willing to cut their carbon output 40 percent by 2020 from 1990 levels if they expect poorer nations to agree to long-term reduction goals. The Obama administration hopes other major economies will “put forth ambitious actions of their own,” Browner said today. Danish Prime Minister Lars Loekke Rasmussen has invited the heads of almost 200 countries to the Danish capital for the last two days of the Dec. 7-18 meeting. Among leaders planning to attend are German Chancellor Angela Merkel, U.K. Prime Minister Gordon Brown and Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama. “The world is very much looking to the U.S. to come up with an emissions reduction target” as well as financial aid to help developing countries cut emissions and adapt to global warming, de Boer said today.
   Kyoto Protocol —Negotiators have worked for almost two years to devise new emissions-reduction targets for the 37 developed nations bound by the 1997 Kyoto Protocol treaty’s goals. Leaders are trying to agree on standards for the U.S., which never ratified the Kyoto accord, and for developing nations such as China and India, which had no Kyoto commitments. Leaders including Obama have said that a binding accord for reducing greenhouse gases isn’t expected in Copenhagen. The UN had previously said the meeting would mark the deadline for completing a treaty. Instead, leaders are now calling for a “meaningful” political agreement as a framework for a final accord to replace Kyoto. Negotiations are expected to continue next year.

   China has unveiled its first firm target to curb greenhouse gas emissions, laying out a carbon intensity goal on Thursday that Premier Wen Jiabao will take to looming climate talks as his government’s central commitment.The announcement comes a day after the United States unveiled its proposal to cut greenhouse gases by 2020 and said President Barack Obama will attend the Dec 7-18 U.N. climate talks in Copenhagen. Beijing said on Thursday Wen would also attend.
   China, the world’s top emitter of greenhouse gases from human activity, pledged to cut the amount of carbon dioxide emitted for each unit of national income 40 to 45 percent by 2020, compared to 2005 levels, the official Xinhua agency reported.”This is a voluntary action taken by the Chinese government based on its own national conditions and is a major contribution to the global effort in tackling climate change,” Xinhua said, The firm emissions commitment from China will help efforts to reach a deal at the U.N.-led talks in Denmark.”This is a huge morale booster,” said John Hay, spokesman for the U.N. Climate Change Secretariat, China’s announcement after big emitters Brazil and Indonesia recently announced tough 2020 reduction targets and Wednesday’s 2020 target from the United States are expected to help the Copenhagen talks.Negotiations over a new climate change treaty have stalled as rich and poor nations argued over who should cut emissions, by how much and who should pay.

   NEGOTIATIONS AHEAD —The State Council meeting also said the intensity goal was a “voluntary” one that would be measured and verified through “domestic” steps.
   That may also leave room for negotiation over the extent to which the goal is brought into a binding international commitment under any new climate pact. The White House said the United States will pledge in Copenhagen to cut its greenhouse gas emissions roughly 17 percent below 2005 levels by 2020, a drop of about 3 percent below the 1990 benchmark year used in U.N. treaties — far below the 25-40 percent cut from 1990 levels recommended by the U.N. climate panel. As a developing country, China is not obliged by current treaties to accept binding caps on its emissions, and it and other poor countries have said that principle should not change in any new deal that emerges from Copenhagen. In a fast-moving week of climate developments, Australia’s troubled carbon trade scheme was thrown into confusion on Thursday after several opposition lawmakers resigned their party positions and promised to ignore a deal to support the government’s planned laws. A day earlier, neighboring New Zealand passed their revised carbon trading laws, the second emissions trading scheme to win approval after Europe’s began in 2005.
   China announced plans Thursday to cut its carbon emissions by up to 45 percent as measured against its economic output — a target aimed at keeping its surging growth while still reining in pollution. China pledges to cut carbon intensity — carbon dioxide emissions per unit of gross domestic product — by 40 to 45 percent by 2020, compared with levels in 2005.China is the world’s largest emitter of greenhouse gases believed to cause global warning. Its global warming emissions should increase — but at a much slower pace than if China had made no changes.
   India, the world’s fifth-biggest greenhouse gas emitter, has proposed a similar policy to link emissions to growth in gross domestic product, China’s State Council, or Cabinet, said it “is a voluntary action taken by the Chinese government based on its own national conditions and is a major contribution to the global effort in tackling climate change.”It said the improvements would come through better research and development, clean coal technology, advanced nuclear energy and better transportation systems. Tax laws and regulations will also be changed to encourage energy efficiency.Despite setting a target on carbon emissions, it does not mean China will accept an international treaty that sets a binding target for it.China has said repeatedly it will seek binding pollution targets for developed countries and reject similar requirements for itself at Copenhagen. China has said it was unfair that all countries be required to play a role combating global warming since most of the environmental damage was caused by developed nations during their industrialization over the last 100 to 200 years.China has already said renewables such as solar and wind power will supply 15 percent of its energy needs by 2020.

   Apart from this cooperative agreement of action in their respective nations there is no mention of joint fight along with the undeveloped countries to pressurise the west which is the main culprit of greenhouse gas emissions ,to pay for their excessive emissions in the form of cash and free technolgy transfer to the other world to take active part and contribute to the reduction of emissions which is the priority of the day which is going to be debated at Copenhagen in December.

   AMERICA AND OTHER DEVELOPED COUNTRIES MUST PRACTICE EMISSION CONTROL TO THE SPIRIT OF EVERY LETTER. AMERICA WANTS TO REDUCE ITS EMISSIONS TO 4TONS/PERSON BY 2050. IF THEY WANT TO TALK WITH ANY COUNTRY ABOUT EMISSIONS AND REDUCTIONS, THEY HAVE TO TAKE AN ACTIVE INITIATION IN BRINGING ALL THE COUNTRIES TO THE TABLE.THE SOLUTION SHOULD BE LIKE THIS.
   1) EMISSIONS PER PERSON IS TO BE LIMITED TO FIVE TONS/PERSON ACROSS ALL THE COUNTRIES.
   2) A FUND UNDER THE CONTROL OF UN BE FORMED.
   3) A COST FACTOR BE DECIDED FOR THE AMOUNT OF EMISSION EXCEEDING THE LIMIT ALLOWED ;X-DOLLARS/TON PER PERSON.
   4)THIS SHOULD BE PAID TO THE ACCOUNT OF CARBON CREDITS AND THUS INCREASING THE VALUE OF CARBON CREDITS AND IT HELPS AS AN INITIATIVE TO GO FOR CLEAN ENERGY, AFFORESTATION(this will be a big employment generator),AND CONSERVATION(by optimum utilisation, less wastages).

   It should be the responsibility of UN to survey the world for the production of clean energy like solar and hydro power and build these projects across the world by using the money collected from the offending nations emitting huge emissions after fixing the emission cap at 5 tons/person/year.Copenhagen to negotiate for financial and technological aids from developed countries and let multilateral institutions build these solar,wind and hydro power in any country where sun, wind and water are available in plenty by an international survey and dedicate this power for local use,there by reducing the use of fossil fuels for energy.This reduction of dependence on fossil fuels any where in the world would benefit the whole world – Planet Earth.This solves the problem of unaffordability of poor nations to use expensive clean energy. Unless India,China,and other G77 countries take the lead and pressurise the offending nations to pay a price for the emissions above the cap internationlly enforced which should not be dictated by US AND OTHER RICH COUNTRIES – the culprits of the huge emissions. West would be trying to use all its diplomatic methods with a sweet cajole and harsh threat to bring the world to accept their idea of caps to suit their lifestyles.—-

   We expect that Copenhagen will result in and ambitious outcome,representing a cooperative global response to the challenge of Climate Change, but an outcome which is also fair and equitable.It must be in accordance with the principle of common but differentiated responsibilities and respective capabilities.The Copenhagen outcome must be concluded on the principle of equity, recognising that every citizen of the globe has an equal entitlement to the planetary atmospheric resource.To achieve 50% reduction globally by 2050, developed countries will have to undertake much more significant cuts in emissions than currently indicated.

   We should devise a global package which:
   (a) commits developed countries to signifi cant reductions in their GHG emissions;
   (b) achieves the widest possible dissemination at affordable costs of existing climate-friendly technologies and practices;
   (c) puts in place a collaborative R&D effort among developed and major developing countries, to bring about cost-effective technological innovations and transformational technologies,that can put the world on the road to a carbon-free economy.
   (d)These objectives must be supported by sufficient financial resources (Finance) and technology transfer (Technology) from developed to developing countries.

   Such a package will go beyond market mechanisms and competitive economic models, which would not be able, by themselves, to achieve the scale of response required.

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