My Diaries

Ça fait longtemps que je pense à l’utilité d’un site web qui permettrait, de manière très facile, d’informer le public sur les décisions prises ou soutenues par leurs élus. En gros, un site web qui permettrait de savoir d’un coup d’œil ou presque “qui a voté pour quoi”. Aujourd’hui, après une visite sur le site du Sénat français, je leur ai envoyé le message suivant. Dès que je recevrai leur réponse, je la publierai sur ce blog. (more…)

Read why scientists are running scared from :

• Keeping temperature rises below 2 degrees,
• Ensuring global emissions peak in the next ten or fifteen years,
• and Driving them down by at least half of 1990 levels by 2050…

In direct from Bali.

Read on digg.com :

AUSTRALIA has ratified the Kyoto Protocol.
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd signed the instrument of ratification of the Kyoto Protocol in his first act after being sworn in as the new Prime Minister this morning.

I hope some other government follows this example …

read more | digg story

The Worst EU Lobbying Awards were elected! Yeah!!!

So concerning the Worst EU Lobbying Award, the happy winners are… BMW, Daimler and Porsche – nominated together. They gained more than 30 percent of the votes. Their joint lobbying offensive designed to water-down and delay the mandatory CO2 emission reduction targets proposed by the Commission after voluntary targets were not met was deemed to be the worst and most deceptive by voters across Europe.

And the special greenwash prize for the most audacious attempts to gain unjustifiable green credentials was awarded to : the German Atomic Forum, which received more than a third of votes cast. It was nominated for its campaign aimed at improving the image of nuclear energy. Under the slogan “Germany’s unloved climate protectionists” it featured images of nuclear power plants placed in unpolluted and unspoilt natural environments.

More info at : www.worstlobby.eu/2007/winners_en

In the 2 weeks to come, I’ll be following for you the very important conference taking place in Bali between all countries that are part of the climate change mitigation effort. I hope I’ll be able to outline the main points of progress and I’ll try to make it so you can read only the text in bold, in order to make this big political talk a little bit more concrete and understandable for all of us, ordinary humans!

Coping strategies for the South (click to go to the article)

Describing progress so far, UNFCCC Executive Secretary, Yvo de Boer, said that things are “looking good.” He pointed to the first meeting this afternoon of the contact group, an initiative of Conference President Rachmat Witoelar, which will discuss ways of reaching a future climate change agreement and how this agreement should be structured. In this context, Mr. de Boer stressed once again the fact that the Bali Conference will not finalize a post-2012 climate deal, but can ”put in place a two-year process to work towards such a deal.”

While there is major focus at the Conference on the future, Mr. de Boer highlighted the importance of maintaining a balance between future and current issues. (more…)