Dans le blog du journal anglais la Tribune, on souligne les efforts de la CES voués à convaincre les leaders de signer un nouvel accord international ambitieux pour combattre le changement climatique. Lire l’article (en anglais) ci dessous.
November 19, 2009 11:52 pm Tribune web editor frontpage
by Kate Holman in Brussels
As doubts over the ability of the long-awaited Copenhagen conference to deliver a new international deal to combat climate change mounted this week, European trade unions slammed international leaders for drifting towards a “predictable defeat”.
The European Trade Union Confederation warned that delaying the signing of a strong and binding treaty would be “a bad political signal for the planet” that would “seriously burden future generations”.
ETUC confederal secretary Joël Decaillon said: “It is essential to maintain the objectives that have been set for the Copenhagen conference,” and warned of the risks of “wasting an extremely important opportunity”. Stressing the need to limit global temperature rises to 2°C at most, he added: “Climate change can and must have the ambition of becoming a driver of sustainable growth and of social progress in the fight against poverty and social inequalities.”
As the “tck tck tck” campaign clock counted out the last 20 days to the December meeting, governments – especially in industrialised countries – were dampening worldwide expectations of legally binding targets to replace the Kyoto protocol, talking instead of a political statement leading to further negotiations in 2010.
Dr Thelma Krug, co-chair of the United Nations’ influential Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, said: “This is absolutely not enough, and really far from what science indicates is needed to adequately mitigate climate change.”
And Greenpeace called on European Union leaders, including Gordon Brown, to step in to secure a deal.
Campaigners were encouraged on Tuesday when American and Chinese leaders in Beijing pledged to work for a global deal to limit emissions, with “immediate operational effect”.
Source: http://www.tribunemagazine.co.uk/2009/11/19/trade-unions-press-for-climate-deal-in-copenhagen/
