Comments on: The Paradox of Now http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2009/04/03/the-paradox-of-now/ Dispatches from the Youth Climate Movement Sun, 06 May 2012 08:12:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Juliana Williams http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2009/04/03/the-paradox-of-now/#comment-74069 Fri, 03 Apr 2009 19:37:02 +0000 http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/?p=9984#comment-74069 Jennie, You are right about so much in this post. The tricky part is that we simply need to start dealing with climate change, but those starts are likely to be dreadfully insufficient to meeting the challenge. But where are we without some kind of a start? The important thing is that we need to look at a broad range of strategies that get us multiple starts and continue to build the momentum. A national cap system will help, but it won’t achieve all that we need. An International commitment will go a long way, but it won’t solve the problem in itself. You put it just about perfectly here:

“…we must give ourselves the time to grow strong enough to be proactive, not just reactive. This year is about pushing as hard as we can and growing and building and making sure that we have the capacity not just to carry out a Copenhagen mandate, but to go beyond those targets and actually solve this problem.”

Thanks for articulating this.

]]> By: Morgan http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2009/04/03/the-paradox-of-now/#comment-74039 Fri, 03 Apr 2009 15:51:19 +0000 http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/?p=9984#comment-74039 Jennie – excellent post. You really put a finger on the issues at the heart of this multi-national, multi-generational, multi-issue process. Copenhagen is so important because all the nations of the UN are there, and have agreed to agree. This should spur us to do as much as we can now and in the coming months to strengthen ECES, change what’s politically feasible, and show the rest of the world that our country’s youth are sincere in our efforts and our ideals.
OH! You’re my new favorite blogger fyi

]]> By: Morgan http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2009/04/03/the-paradox-of-now/#comment-74033 Fri, 03 Apr 2009 15:09:32 +0000 http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/?p=9984#comment-74033 Jennie – excellent post. You really put a finger on the issues at the heart of this multi-national, multi-generational, multi-issue process. Copenhagen is so important because all the nations of the UN are there, and have agreed to agree. This should spur us to do as much as we can now and in the coming months to strengthen ECES, change what’s politically feasible, and show the rest of the world that our country’s youth are sincere in our efforts and our ideals.

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