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December 14, 2008

Final Fossils of the Day

The Fossil of the Day had its final ceremony at the end of the conference.

1st Place: JAPAN, RUSSIA, NEW ZEALAND, AUSTRALIA... and CANADA
These group of four countries (Canada in particular they say) wins a fossil for insisting that they haven't been obstructing progress, using the fact that they reaffirmed the decisions on targets made in Bali.

2nd Place: EUROPEAN UNION

The EU takes second Fossil for its Climate and Energy Package. After stressing here at the conference that Europe supports a 2-degree climate target, the Brussels agreement charts a course for a catastrophic four-degree rise in global temperatures. 

3rd Place: RUSSIA

Russia takes third place for the Russian Head of Delegation's final statement pronouncing that the 25-40% targets for 2020 are quote "unfounded". Those targets are founded on the work of the Nobel prize winning Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.



Posted by Jasmeet Sidhu at 10:39:34 AM in Climate Change Conference

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  • Jasmeet Sidhu is the founder of the Peel Environmental Youth Alliance (PEYA), a network of students in the Peel Region working to implement environmental programs in all 220 Peel Region schools.

    She is a past member of the Star's community editorial board, and is currently studying Peace and Conflict Studies at the University of Toronto.

    In 2008 she was named one of Canada's 100 Most Powerful Women by the Women's Executive Network, and was named this year by Glamour Magazine as one of the Top 10 College Women in America.

    Jasmeet will be in Copenhagen in December as a member of the Canadian Youth Delegation and the Canadian Youth Climate Coalition, and will be blogging for the Star during the 2009 UN Climate Change Conference.

    She previously blogged for the Star during the 2008 UN Climate Change Conference in Poland.

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