http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2008/10/07/towards-radical-critique-and-action-on-climate-change-politics-and-copenhagen-2009/ Dispatches from the Youth Climate Movement Sat, 10 Jan 2009 03:39:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU hourly 1 http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2008/10/07/towards-radical-critique-and-action-on-climate-change-politics-and-copenhagen-2009/#comment-68287 JP Kemmick Tue, 07 Oct 2008 19:44:40 +0000 http://itsgettinghotinhere.wordpress.com/?p=6276#comment-68287 I agree with aspects of this and I think it's important to consider the implication of saving us all from "carbon" and then waking up the next day to discover we've used up all our water. It is important that we don't see carbon as a market fix only and begin to see the full picture and this includes western countries not continuing to take advantage of developing nations. The U.S. has an extrememely important role to play in global climate work, but if in the end we only end up playing overlord to developing nations (and all the ensuing problems that that dominating stance brings) than what have we really accomplished? I agree with aspects of this and I think it’s important to consider the implication of saving us all from “carbon” and then waking up the next day to discover we’ve used up all our water. It is important that we don’t see carbon as a market fix only and begin to see the full picture and this includes western countries not continuing to take advantage of developing nations. The U.S. has an extrememely important role to play in global climate work, but if in the end we only end up playing overlord to developing nations (and all the ensuing problems that that dominating stance brings) than what have we really accomplished?

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