How should one judge the Climate Change Summit in Copenhagen? While the event has another day to run, few believe a major overhaul of how humans conduct their affairs on this planet is in the offing, and almost no one is satisfied.
Reflecting Europe’s general consensus that more and better global governance is inevitable, Le Figaro’s Pierre Rousselin writes, “That the climate conference has aroused such interest is in itself immense progress.” But he adds that this is far from enough given our predicament:
“The fact that questions of such complexity are being discussed in a forum as large and disorganized as this shows how much progress is needed to improve global governance. … As the world has grown more complicated, negotiations have become more difficult. With the emergence of China, India and Brazil, there are no longer the rich on one side and the poor on the other. There’s no longer the West on one side and the rest of the world on the other. The era in which a nation or group of nations could impose their will on the entire planet is past. Going from the G7 to the G20 was a step in this process, and Copenhagen is another. … Whether there is an agreement in Copenhagen or not, the creation of a global organization to oversee the environment is required.”
By Pierre Rousselin
Translated By Philippe Guittard
December 16, 2009
France – Le Figaro – Original Article (French)
It’s in a state of great confusion that the Copenhagen Conference enters its decisive phase. It can hardly be otherwise with 190 countries directly negotiating over questions as crucial as those related to the survival of the planet and that involves, in every nation, strategic choices.
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