Canada is being "opportunistic" in its stance on carbon emissions reductions, the head of the Nobel Prize-winning IPCC said Thursday.
Canada has said emissions reductions targets should apply to all major emitters, including China and India, although past negotiations have agreed that industrialised countries bear greater responsibility for climate change.
It is really an opportunistic position that they are taking," said Rajendra K. Pachauri,. "This particular government has been a government of skeptics. They do not want to do anything on climate change," Pachauri said.
Democracy is utterly dependent upon an electorate that is accurately informed. In promoting climate change denial (and often denying their responsibility for doing so) industry has done more than endanger the environment. It has undermined democracy.
There is a vast difference between putting forth a point of view, honestly held, and intentionally sowing the seeds of confusion. Free speech does not include the right to deceive. Deception is not a point of view. And the right to disagree does not include a right to intentionally subvert the public awareness.
This post is the second of a two part series. Read the first installment, Unreported Emissions From Natural Gas Blow Up BC's Climate Action Plan.
Methane leaks from British Columbia's natural gas industry are likely at least 7 times greater than official numbers increasing the entire provinces' carbon footprint by nearly 25%. That's like putting 3 million more vehicles on BC's roads.
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Canada's approach
http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/12/08/climate.conference.ap/index.html
This cnn story mentions a leaked copy of Canada's negotiating stance but doesn't link to it. I didn't find the one-pager thing at Climate Action Network Canada either.