Climate Change: Emerging Challenges and Opportunities

14th Dec. 2009 was greeted with an astounding presentation by the S. Korea's Minister of Environment on the country's bold steps towards Green Growth, at the Technical University of Munich. As one of the emerging developed countries but also a bridge between the developing and Developed worlds the country has pronounced itself as a major actor in fighting for environmentally sound economic development. Before a largely international gathering of students, lecturers and Professors, the minister demonstrated his country's dream in the short, medium and long term.

Beyond Control?

The conduct of the conference and the emerging devisive issues pertaining to the approach and major polluting powers' contrubitions to wards financial facilitation of climate change related programs, and the the call to express utmost commitment are a show of how intense issues are. Assumming the responsibility of our respective shares in the problem-solution scenario remains a key issue daunting progress towards finding a common voice.

In the end deep felt public anger demonstrated at the conference and a series of boycots and consequential temporal boycot of business is a show of a problem with no solutions at hand. The future is not good. Today is undoubtadly the future of the past with delicate issues. There is a future still to which we hold greater fears unless otherwise.

Source: BBC web. Emaciated human sculptures standing just outside the talks venue

The US and China as the largest emitters of GHG have notably indicated their willingness to make concessions. A move of such nature could undo the angry attitude of delegates from the Developing World Nations. The US' note on her Commitment to offer funding for climate change mitigation and adaptation programs is rather a ray of hope in the ongoing negotiations towards finding a common stand.

Nevertheless the painful truth is that the "proposals on the table - especially from industrialised countries - fall far short of what the world needs" (Keith Allott, head of climate change for WWF in Britain-www.news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8419769.stm)
The question is, What's your individual responsibility and so, What's good for the future?

Need for a combined Effort

Voices for partnership in Forestry management, (http://www.iied.org/natural-resources/key-issues/forestry/growing-forest-partnerships)