Climate Change Convention United Nations Framework on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and Kyoto Protocol (KP) emerged in the early 1990 as the international political mechanism to address Climate Change (CC). U.S. does not sign the Kyoto Protocol consider it detrimental to its economy making it almost irrelevant. Since this country is the biggest emitter of carbon dioxide followed closely by China.
During these years, governments of rich countries have implemented mechanisms for the alleged "reduction" of greenhouse gases. These countries far from reducing the emissions increase, a reflection of this is the increased consumption of fossil fuels. This We can see in the report Beyond Petroleum (the third largest gas extractor pretroleo and the world), which tells us that we exceeded the "peak oil", ie, the rate of increase of oil extraction stops increase and growth in consumption will not be possible to cover. It seems that there is no other cumin to learn to live better with much less oil. Planetary limitations can not meet the expectations of unlimited consumerism that creates the world market.
But back to the steps that governments and corporations sell us a solution to the CC where they have as main goal the generation of profits from the sale of the famous bond carbon "or" payments for environmental services "and neglecting environmental protection. That is, these plans are always crossed by a common axis, which is the commodification of climate and its impacts on the planet. We see more and more companies claim to be "clean" and give us all a market for "offsetting carbon dioxide emissions" mixed with the programs of "Corporate Social Responsibility." Generating a carbon market that even publicly traded, having serious impacts on human populations poor and discriminated. Since these programs of carbon emission reductions are focused on encouraging plantations monocultures of trees for timber and oil for generating biofuels. We see how are you
measures plant millions of hectares of palm trees and cause displacement of entire communities. These indigenous and rural communities suffer from harassment to sell their land, pollution of water and land. It is ironic that these crops and palm trees are held many times where there was forest land is deforested under the pretext that they will "make a new forest" which is a major fallacy because a natural forest is not as well as a monoculture of trees. Taking serious loss of biodiversity and land. Serious consequences of these policies of "mitigation of climate change in our country are called to plant a tree" and "Peace with Nature." Which many environmental organizations have pointed to contradictions within these initiatives which help the planet away from focusing on the marketing of global warming.
words, these programs also called "carbon sinks" are reduced to mere advertising campaigns generating false solutions to the problem of CC
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course is not far behind, with institutional projects such as "Peace with Nature" which many organizations and communities have denounced the government's double standard regarding environmental protection is concerned. For example a button, the government of Oscar Arias declared "peace" with nature, but at the same time signed a decree declaring the open pit mining Crucitas national interest, allowing the felling of hundreds of hectares of primary forest where There are several endangered species and exposing the irreversible pollution control in the northern aquifer. Another example is the corruption in the allocation of payments for environmental services where it takes big bite in the wood industry sector responsible for deforestation accelerated more than 40 years. It's almost hilarious, if not for their great environmental and social consequences, the double mask using Mr. Arias, saying that we are an example outside the planet, when in Costa Rica the reality is quite another. Where we want to yacht marina in all of our coasts BAIAS. The Costa Rica where gold mining is to open no matter what even on the health of communities and breaking the law. The Costa Rica where the pineapple agribusiness destroyed aquifers in many communities like Siquirres France. The Costa Rica where they prefer to irrigate golf courses in 5 star hotels, which provide water to the community of Sardinal. The Costa Rica where pursued asking farmers to cultivate land. The Costa Rica where a Water Resources Act as necessary is not supported by the Representatives in the Legislature.
Costa Rica's role at the Conference on Climate Change United Nations could be very questionable. Since slowly to expose the bad policies made by the State that are generated from this government influenced by the Entrepreneurs, the International Financial Institutions and Transnational Corporations, to the detriment of the quality of life for many rural communities.
This is reflected in the allocation of the former Minister Doubles as "climate ambassadors" who is responsible for "represent" as a country in international conferences on Climate Change. A person who had to leave his post as the head of MINAET to be questioned in corruption cases, by the granting of several cuts to family members. And that may not get covered with mud to waive the court to Crucitas project. The former minister is Double Panel on Climate Change, even in the environment. The former minister questioned specializes in telecommunications and is understandable because it changed the name to mine for MINAET.
Putting in perspective the next climate summit in Copenhagen, Dimamarca, next December. It is necessary to the discussion on the issue at national level on Costa Rica's position on dialogue International what appears to be one of the greatest challenges confronting the humanity, which puts into question the continuity of life on earth, including the conditions of survival of the human species. Henry Picado
