A comment by Lars Lindgren on the Facebook page for the Durban Conference on Climate Change sums up an outlook about the Conference that is common amongst groups of private citizens concerned about greenhouse gas emissions:
What’s happening? Will there be a deal or another failure? What are the issues? Has everyone given up?
Please share what needs to happen to succeed.
This is nuts, it’s 60 days left and more silence than anything else.
Why?
For Our Grandchildren is not giving up. We are approaching other organizations, national and international, suggesting that we collaborate on a video to be submitted for presentation at Durban warning the delegates that this conference cannot end in platitudes about the progress being made.
Unless there are dramatic changes between now and November 28th next, For Our Grandchildren’s message will be:
“End this farce! Stop the great expense of organizing and gathering at these talk fests, which play into the hands of the politicians and spin doctors, and accomplish nothing. Admit that the UN has no ability to change national decisions.”
And to deliver this message, we are considering sending a delegate(s) as we did at the Copenhagen Conference.
Who is with us?
Peter Jones
Are you kidding me? Durban will be a complete failure. Just look at the Washington protest against the XL pipeline, it almost received no media attention. Look at the Ottawa XL pipeline protest, again almost no news media attention. Look at Al Gores 24 hours of reality thingy a few weeks ago, just about zero media attention and no public awareness. Durban is going to be the worst of the climate summit failures compared to Copenhagen and Cancun. I would not be surprised if Al Gore does not even attend. I can’t wait for Durban. I can’t wait.
Anthropogenic Climate change is dead and Durban will prove it. Just watch.
cheers