Why COP15 is a Classic Cop Out

Let’s say Good Bye to common humanity. It is only good to be used in Nobel speeches. Its presence is not auspicious at the time of deal making. For negotiating a deal all you need to know is your national interests and the arm twisting powers you have at your disposal in the so called comity of nations.

Developed nations will play ‘accountability card’, developing ‘growth card’ and the under-developed ‘victim card’. No real solution will emerge amidst this card playing and only a compromise will be reached and the climate will be damned as it has always been. Some half-baked draft will be presented and agreed upon in haste to show some achievement.

Leaders of the individual nations, who otherwise want to be called world leaders, will go home satisfied that they did not sell out their national interests and were yet able to achieve a compromise. The beaurocratic paraphernalia will be content with attending a summit of global importance. Protesters will protest as usual for a few days. Newspapers will publish editorials denouncing the resolution. Electronic media will do usual song and dance routine with experts debating on the existential crisis. Filmmakers will make films showing disturbing images of melting glaciers and wandering polar bear and hopefully win some awards. Green solutions will keep on being developed. Carbon foot-prints will go on being reported. Factories will keep billowing smoke, vehicles will keep guzzling gas and man will keep searching comfort and luxury through reasonable usage of electricity. Kyoto will be dead and buried for good. Good riddance!

Nobody should take any responsibility and still have a piece of the cake and that is called a classic cop out.