ClimateDebate

I have decided not to go to Bella or other places with activities today, but to follow the battle from the TV screens- TV 2 news and BBC world, which in periods have sent live from Bella Center.

There is a lot to discuss given the recent developments – both on how the Danish chairmanship lead the negotiations, and how the Danish police and court system treat people with good will participating in non-violent demonstrations.

Lars Løkke – despite he has diplomats and civil servants with experience as assistants – acts a little bit like the local politician from Græsted-Gilleleje municipality.

He lowered already at a meeting in Singapore a month ago the expectations to COP15 saying that a (non-binding) political agreement would be the aim – not paying attention to the fact that the poorest of the developing countries always have said that a protocol – legal binding agreement – built on top of the already existing Kyoto protocol (binding) should be aimed at – how could Løkke misread the power behind as much as 133 countries in the group of 77 including countries such as India and Brazil and South Africa + China. That’s not smart.

The paper which all waited for today was a paper, where he (Løkke) had made the compromises
for the countries (so they just had to say yes). The group of 77 + China want of course to be directly involved in the compromise text.
And later he suffered the humiliation that he promised never to publish the paper which had been prepared that way, and secondly reintroduce “Madame Connie”, which she is called by spokesman Lumumba from the group of 77.

Secondly, it is a disgrace that the leaders of the non-violent demonstration yesterday have been imprisoned – their mobiles have been taped and the information used against them– the mother of one of the girls (one of the spokespersons of Climate justice network) gave a strong statement in TV 2 news a moment ago. And suggested that we need a broad debate on human rights in this country after cop15.

Jørn