It's hard to wake up this morning and not be disappointed at what took place in Copenhagen. There must be, and are, positives to take from what happened. Obama named the need for trust. Trust between nations, trust between people. That there wasn't enough trust is possibly one of the contributing factors to the lack of agreement, the chaos and general failure to move forward on climate change. Obama also said the 'time for talk is over, it's now a time for action'. Well the world is watching. Not only that but if there are others like me, the world will move for change whether the politicians can negotiate and agree on targets, frameworks and policy's. Why? Because each of us knows what to do already and the time for waiting for a collective consensus, for a coalition of movement, for everyone to stand up and be counted together is over. We each have our own sense of knowing what to do, go do it! And as for COP15, the IMF, WTO, Davos, World Bank - it all may simply become irrelevant.
Hugo Chavez, took the time to look out the window at the conference centre, he could sense the seen and the unseen around him and this is what he said:
Barak Obama spent 13 hours at Copenhagen and this is what he said:
And finally Naomi Klein, activist and writer, observed Hilary Clinton in action and this is what she said:
We could get ourselves tied up in knots trying to figure out what the above and other well intentioned politicians, negotiators and commentators are talking about in an effort to determine what to do - or we can each go do what we know we need to do. Don't wait for someone else to tell you what to do!
Copenhagen has failed. The UN has failed to address the most important crisis in human history. This is now the time for sanctions, boycotts and embargoes. A new alliance is needed. An alliance of hope and peace and justice must be built to oppose the axis of pollution, extinction and self destruction.
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