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It's only been one day, but Canada has already garnered its first "fossil" award. The award, which is given to countries who are blocking progress at the United Nations climate summit, is awarded daily by a coalition of 400 international NGOs.
According to organizers, Canada was awarded a Fossil of the Day for its commitment to stand on its targets and not to negotiate them throughout the 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.
Is it "The Fossil of the Day" or A Fossil of the Day?
Because it would be a bit silly to have a country that produces 2% of the world's GHG receives the only negative award.
Posted by: Phil | December 07, 2009 at 06:42 PM
Hi Phil,
My apologies, I didn't speak about the other fossil awards.
First place went to industrialized countires as a whole (aka Annex I countries for "coming to Copnehagne with a profound deficit of ambition for cutting carbon emissions and keeping warming well below 2 degrees"
Second place went to Sweden, Finland and Austria, for "backing a devious EU proposal to cook the books by not fully accounting for emissions from forest management""
Finally, Canada won the Third Place fossil for Minister Jim Prentices' quote above.
Posted by: Jasmeet Sidhu | December 08, 2009 at 08:25 AM
Thanks for that. I guess Canada either won two Fossil awards, or if all industrial countries tied for #1, then the way scoring is usually done, Canada wouldn't be in the top-50 by the time you named the bronze.
I haven't heard much about the EU forestry plan. Can you fill us in a bit more about this? The EU is an interesting case because depending on how they can play with their EU-bubble and base-year they can make their emissions dance. Those acolades that the EU receives for reduction in emissions have so much more to do with shutting down Eastern Europe's outdated industry than Western Europe's good deeds.
Has their been any talk about the European companies (Total, Statoil and Dutch Royal Shell) and their investments in Alberta?
Thanks
Posted by: Phil | December 08, 2009 at 01:03 PM