14 BUS — There’s a rotten picture in the paper today of the opening speaker at the Copenhagen conference, Dr Rajendra Pachauri. I know it’s not a nice thing to say, but he is a very unusual looking fellow. Yes, it’s shallow and unimportant, but it’s another diversion from the real issue at hand. And it seems like there are too many of those.
The Copenhagen conference could still pull out a great victory. Even if it satisfied 1/10 of the expectations put on it, it would be a success.
The issue being exploited successfully by those who would have it fail (and I can’t imagine the motivation of those people, but there seem to be many of them) is a lack of focus.
When managing change programmes in organisations we often see a real problem in a lack of clear vision and mandate. If you don’t know exactly what you are trying to do, and have agreement on that with your sponsors, then you’ll come a cropper very quickly.
Amongst those manning the barricades in Copenhagen already is my compatriot Naomi Klein, author of No Logo etc. She’s trying to whip up a stink over Hopenhagen – a rock concert I hadn’t heard of. Successfully it seems as some bands have withdrawn. She says “This is our last chance to save the world… [...] The deal we need isn’t even on the table. [...]” And with reference to the dreaded rock concert: “The globe has a Seimens logo on the bottom and the whole event is sponsored by Coke. That is a capitalisation of hope.”
Oh. No sense really getting out of bed then.
There are just too many issues on the table. As my colleague Paul describes it, there are people sneaking up in the night and hitching their wagon to the back of your project.
There are plenty of reasons to think that rational thought will prevail, and people can make decent decisions even when presented with too much, often irrelevant, data.
But it’s not made any easier.
There’s a job to do in Copenhagen. Let’s not confuse it with poverty, capitalism, power or… Coke.
Focus.
/df
David, I think you’re missing the point. Copenhagen isn’t about dealing with the climate. There isn’t a climate emergency in any case.
First and foremost it’s about how to redistribute wealth from one group of countries to another. Secondly it’s about constructing a centrally planned international programme and developing penalties for those who do not play ball.
Big business can make a bundle of money from making their goods and services “climate” related. In Europe they are already coining it in through the emissions trading market.
The whole climate change industry is exactly about rowing back capitalism and forming a centrally planned global economy. Climate action is not the focus, it is the excuse given to enable this transformation in world structures. Read the comments of the main players in the climate movement and governmental figures for yourself and decide.
http://www.peopleforwesternheritage.com/PFWHRMAdditionalQuotes.htm