In many countries the climate conference in Durban didn't make it in the press as main news topic. Most countries had other concerns: financial crisis, credit ratings, membership of the Euro, etc. Our country focused on the government formation.
No matter what issues you had in your country, elections, failed or succeeded government agreements, all these issues are totally irrelevant compared to the issue at stake in Durban. It seems like mankind is unable to stop carbon emission, which may lead to an average temperature increase larger than 2 degrees. We simply don't know to which uncontrollable chain reactions this may lead. We are not capable of respecting the principle of precaution and the sense of urgency seems totally absent with our world leaders.
We tend to judge ancient times because they believed in witchcraft or because they oppressed the former colonies. But the judgement of our grandchildren and great-grandchildren about our era will be equally devastating. They will never understand our narrow-sightedness and our disrespect for the planet.
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