“ As I see it, this is the problem with the Carbon Debate. In the 1987 Convention for the Protection of the Ozone layer Australia agreed, and pressured the rest of the world to agree, that anthropogenic CO2 affects the thermal structure of the atmosphere. We agreed back then to monitor and address the activities that contribute to the production of that gas, and other gases as well, in order that our activities would not affect other States. Without limit, in accord with the 1972 UN Conference on the Human Environment, we accepted responsibility for any damage that our activities might cause to other States. The problem with the Carbon Debate is that it was all decided long before it began and we have serially ignored our obligations under that Convention and that Conference ever since we agreed to them. The keeping of our solemn oaths, undertaken in the sight of all the peoples of the Earth, has become a matter of political second-guessing and manipulation in Australia (and elsewhere). But the debate, to me, is all about shall we honour our word or shall we not? ”

David Pretty · 2 years ago · 5 votes · 0 comments