The world has finally realised that unless things are done the GREEN way, the demise of our planet is inevitable. However the political will to make such changes happens seems to be almost non-existent. The mockery of Kyoto Protocol from the hands of US and other developed economies is a disheartening example of myopia which the world leadership suffers from.
Some changes are believed to take place from the fresh round of talks at Bali. Although it remains to be seen that can the participating countries even cut the emissions to the amount which was emitted by flights used by everyone to come to Bali. Australia's Mr.Rudd is trying his best to convince the world and save his country and others on the line of fire.
Now when international leaders are lobbying hard to change things, its high time that someone in domestic leadership gets aggressive about this. Apart from some NGOs and social activists, its difficult to locate a voice which is strong enough to make a difference. In fact, lets forget about politicians making an effort to save the planet. If someone can simply convince them to curb the massive wastage, he/she can make a huge difference.
Lets take Bangalore as an example (an infinitesimal sample as compared to the size of our country). Just within less than 1 year of my stay here I'm shocked to see the political fan fare. When BJP was about to take power from JD(S), whole city was colored in saffron. Total material used must be in the order of a few hundred tonnes of paper, plastic, and synthetic colors. BJP's status degraded within a week when it was forced to resign because of the political farce by Deve Gowda & Sons. But, the publicity material used will take a few life times of these politicians to degrade and might very well take the planet's life time. A few days back, Mayawati visited the town bringing with her the unpleasant sight of millions of plastic fliers with the elephant sign on it. Not only is this criminal expenditure (think those who go to bed hungry) but completely detrimental to the atmosphere we live in.
I hope that this technology revolution plays a bigger role in politics too when most of the campaign can be done on phone, internet and electronic media. Politicians - if you can't help India progress, please atleast don't reverse it. Go GREEN !
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The first thing they taught us was that States put national interest first. Collective welfare is somewhere negligible in the order of national priorities.
Also the politics of the developed economies is dominated by the defence -industry complex...so signing these and adhering to them would amount to suicide. (for your information the USA does not sign most of the Human Rights Protection treaties)
Personally I think its a phase of great global adjustment and the coming years are nothing short of pivotal in world history. Beginning from the end of the second world war there have been shifts in the way the world operates... then it was the first world the second world and the third world....now the playing field is level...obviously World I has an economic and structural advantage but World III is doing brilliantly ...then there is the formation of World IV (Africa et al) so while it was easy to pass the buck before now it is dawning on the world that it ain't flat after all and that what goes around comes around.
The fundamental truth of us sharing living space and a common ecology is making itself heard. We have to sit up and take attention. Like one of my teachers once said..its not about giving voice to the voiceless - they always had voices...its about giving hearing to the deaf...who conveniently ignored the 'voiceless' till now.
Well, I agree. A lot needs to be done to generate awareness about recycling and green practices in India. Elections are won and lost in the US and many European countries based on the candidates' environmental programs. I don't see that happening in India even in the near future...
Moreover, did you know how much impact does making an aluminum can have on the environment? I'm amazed why even the metropolitan cities also don't have a separate recycle bin system in place...
Not to sound cliche, but the reason is what Aamir khan rightly pointed out in RDB: Nobody wants to get himself dirty in cleaning the mess.
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