Is COP17 much Cop?
Over the past couple of years the UN climate change summits have been covered by the media to a high degree - but this years vital COP17 conference, currently taking place in Durban South Africa, seems to be slipping through the cracks - media wise at least.
In the UK the new is dominated by the financial crisis in Europe and the UK, which is taking the forefront of media coverage - which makes sense as the future of the planet seems to be of little concern to many countries as the Eurozone collapses, with countries falling into oblivion!
But with timely reports from major climate change analysers warning that action has to be taken now - COP17 is evermore vital, the media attention would add extra pressure to governments to act, if it falls down the news listing politicians will dismiss it, for the current moment at least.
The news today from News24, a South African website who seem to reporting regularly on the conference, states today (December 5):
The 194-nation process is facing, for the second time in two years, the prospect of a bust-up, even as scientists warn against the mounting threat of disaster-provoking storms, droughts, flood and rising seas made worse by global warming.
The 12-day Durban conference is eyeing a deal which secures the future of the Kyoto Protocol, set to be cast into limbo just a year from now.
It also would seek to coax China, the US, India and Brazil into a new treaty on emissions curbs.
Wendel Trio of Greenpeace said everything now depended on four days of talks among environment ministers, due to start on Tuesday.
Very worrying….
Comments are closed!