Thursday, December 06, 2007

CUJO goes to Bali

At Kyoto talks in Bali during which China is talking for the first time about "commitments", the new Canada, US, and Japan org, henceforth to be known as CUJO for short, could certainly use a little branding help to clarify their crappy bad boys spoilers rep on the world stage. And a dangerous rabid dog seems about right.
"In the most contentious move of the conference so far, Japan insisted it is “essential” for the world to “move beyond the Kyoto Protocol.” Just a few minutes later, in what appeared to be a prearranged move, Canada threw its weight behind the Japanese position, lending crucial support to Washington's refusal to sign the Kyoto treaty."
U.S.: the next climate agreement must be “economically sustainable” and must promote economic growth for people and nations “everywhere.”
Japan : there must be “compatibility” between environmental protection and economic growth.
Canada : there must be a “balance” between the environment and “economic prosperity.”

Synchronicity!

None of the three mentioned binding commitments or mandatory targets for reducing greenhouse gases or short-term targets for an agreement to replace Kyoto when it expires in 2012.

And yet, most amusingly, despite Canada's assertion that there must be a 'balance' between the environment and 'economic prosperity', the G&M reports that "Canada is not sending any ministers to the meetings of trade and finance ministers at Bali."

Apparently although we place the highest priority on an economically sustainable environment treaty, somehow we just don't feel like talking about it right now.

Hopefully The Yes Men will yet make an appearance on our behalf.

2 comments:

Rev.Paperboy said...

I love reading the news from Bali, because I get to be embarrassed by both my home country and the country I've chosen to live in.
Fuckers.

And speaking of fuckers, I thought you might enjoy sharing this gem from Dick Evans with your friends over at Bread and Roses, I'm sure they'll get a kick out of it.

http://no-libs.com/?p=2066

and by "enjoy" I mean "you get the pitchforks and torches, I'll bring the tar and feathers" and by "kick" I mean "kick him until he stops moving"

Alison said...

Thanks, Rev.
Finally got to it : Justice is a woman with a sword on her way to a gun fight.

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