jo_hamilton
on 15th Mar 07, 17:27:25 said:
When will the UK finally come out of the shadows and lead the international community in tackling this issue instead of using China as an excuse for inaction?
framo
on 16th May 07, 13:31:59 replied:
Is that fair? I don't see any other countries more than the UK.
Anyway... there's got to be a bit of a spin up period for countries
to work out what their most sensible policies might be. Otherwise
we run the risk of leaping to silly policy positions (carbon
rationing, etc). The UK, in the form of the Stern report, did a
great job of moving beyond the pretty much dead debate of "is it
happening" to the much more important and relevant debate "how
should we respond to it?"
hp
on 16th May 07, 16:18:43 replied:
and indeed should we do anything about it? it seems to me that
climate change by humans pumping CO2 into the atmosphere is
completely natural. we are a product of earth and we change it as
much as it changes us. to try and stop this process by carbon
rationing etc seems like dangerous tinkering.
