NEWSCAST: Copenhagen Summit

On 7 December 2009, a historical world summit which consist of delegates from 192 countries have been held at the Danish capital, Copenhagen as it have unite the most of the major developing countries especially two of the largest gas emission world contributor which is US and China. This two-week conference is highly anticipated by the world and humanity in general as it blow the wind of hope for a solid treaty accepted and signed by all world leader that have gathered there. This summit is hoped to mend all the things that are wrong and added to the insufficient part stated in Kyoto Protocol which adopted in Japan and it also has been ratify by almost all the member of the UNFCCC (United Nation Framework Convention on Climate Change). It is undeniable that the Kyoto Protocol has been a failure due to some change and dispute of the major developed country which is namely US and China nation. (Video of kids plea-official Copenhagen Summit film) >> 2 min 5 sec The Danish Prime Minister, Lars Loekke Rasmussen welcomes the delegates and the head of state on the opening of the Copenhagen Summit 2009. He also emphasized about this summit as an "opportunity the world cannot afford to miss" and the need of a "strong and ambitious climate change agreement" in his opening speech. Even with all the hope and the responsibility that harbor on this summit, world leaders show early evident clashes and division as the world block early statement collide and even contradict each others in the first day. The Association of Small Island States (AOSIS) which represented by the head of the Grenadan delegation speak out for their 43 member of their refusal to consider any matter seriously before a legally-binding deal materialize before them. The G8 block of industrialize country and some major developed country adopted the target of keeping the global average temperature rise since pre-industrial times which is 2C.

The small island sate that this would cause serious climate impacts from rising sea levels, and have been arguing for a lower target of 1.5C. A number of African nations also back the lower target suggested. It is also possible for the G77 and China to agree on this plan too. Meanwhile, The African Union has threatened to walk out of the talks if industrialized countries do not agree to help poor states pay for the transition to practice cleaner economies. The main topic in Copenhagen has been about target to reduce the emission of Greenhouse Gas, especially by the developed country, financial support for mitigation and adaptation to climate change by developing countries and a carbon trading scheme aimed at ending the destruction of the world's forests by 2030. US and China become the broker of the negotiations after eight draft texts and all-day talks between 115 world leaders, but the two large developed country dispute never dies off as China rejected American calls for its emissions to be independently monitored, and was also resisting plans for a worldwide agreement to halve emissions by 2050. The fundamental dispute between the two was over the monitoring of states progress on curbing their emissions. USA insisted on monitoring all country development in their effort to reduce carbon emission and their progress in doing so, in their suspicions that China would secretly renege on any carbon-cutting agreement. China strongly resisted any suggestion that outside agencies or foreign countries should be able to monitor its industrial activity, saying that could infringe its national sovereignty. After humiliating Beijing in a speech, President Obama held two lengthy private meetings with Wen Jiabao, the Chinese premier and after an hour he appeared to have reached a deal with the Chinese. They together have agreed and suggested Copenhagen Accord to the summit together with South Africa, India and Brazil

The Accord which has been called as "meaningful agreement" and "historic first step forward" disappointed African and other vulnerable countries which had been holding out for deeper emission cuts to hold the global temperature rise to 1.5C this century. As widely expected, all references to 1.5C in past drafts were removed at the last minute, but more surprisingly, the earlier 2050 goal of reducing global CO2 emissions by 80% was also dropped. The Accord also mention about a fund bank to help poor country adapt and use cleaner economy, starting with $30bn and annually envisage reaching $100bn at 2020. It also stated that it will be re review on 2015 to determine whether the target should be strengthen to 1.5C This Accord were condemn from all around the world: This Accord is very vague as Kim Carstensen, of WWF (World Wildlife Federation) describe it in his comment The text that come out of the discussion is very, very unclear and very very hard to work with. It will be certain death for millions, to come out of Copenhagen signing a deal like that would be completely immoral Andy Atkins from Friends of the Earth stated boldly on his disapproval over the result of the Summit. Copenhagen summit is regarded as a failure even after being warned by Prof. Stephen Schneider,Nobel Peace Prize-Winning Climatologist in his quote Copenhagen is close to the last-ditch effort that we have for the planet to get together while theres still some time to avoid really dangerous consequences Lets end this news with the video of the Tuvalu delegate plead towards the world in Copenhagen.