Bekæmp de interesser, der blokerer for en grønnere økonomi, og få markedskræfterne til at arbejde for miljøet i stedet for imod det er to ud af 7 metoder, som international miljøtænketank mener er nødvendige for at kickstarte klimakampen igen efter de mislykkede klimaforhandlinger i Doha.
Climate change negotiations are like wrestling in thick mud, writes International Institute for Environment and Development in an article Monday.
Those seeking a deal commensurate with the problem get knocked down over and over again. And at the start of each year’s conference, hope is re-kindled only to be dashed after two weeks of talks.
This time, hope was vested in the wild possibility that host Qatar might pledge finance or emissions cuts.
Such an initiative could break the mould and bring in other Gulf nations remarkable for their wealth and exceptionally high per capita carbon emissions. But it didn’t happen.
Some even hoped that a newly re-elected Obama administration might put a new deck of cards on the table. But the US is still not ready to change the game.
International policy making is an arena in which postponing hard decisions has become an art form.
The Euro crisis is an exemplar, in which over and over again, the key players have somehow managed to hold off total crisis and collapse, but have only kicked the can of decisive action down the road for another day.
But while this is a disastrous tactic for climate change, as every year of inaction makes the task ahead ever harder.
Something – in fact many things – will have to change if governments are to meet their 2015 deadline of forging a global deal that balances people’s rights and responsibilities across the planet and keeps us all within a tolerable climate system.
How can we up the ambition in the next couple of years?
I think we need to do at least seven things:
1. Get the engine of market economics to work for sustainability, rather than against it.
There’s a powerful set of economic, financial and fiscal tools which could drive us in a safer, more secure direction. Putting a price on carbon is the most important of these — good for revenue, as well as shifting investment away from fossil fuels.
2 Make time matter.
We must reward people in politics, business and daily life for taking the longer view.
3. Understand, identify and contest the vested interests that block or delay shifts to a greener economy.
There are strong interests we must dislodge or transform.
Læs mere her: http://www.iied.org/seven-ways-reignite-climate-action-after-dismal-doha
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