Comments on: Global business leaders outline six steps for climate treaty at Copenhagen http://www.newenergyworldnetwork.com/investor-news/cleantech-features/global-business-leaders-outline-six-steps-climate-treaty-at-copenhagen.html Essential News & Analysis Thu, 03 May 2012 16:50:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Craig Hubley http://www.newenergyworldnetwork.com/investor-news/cleantech-features/global-business-leaders-outline-six-steps-climate-treaty-at-copenhagen.html/comment-page-1#comment-3981 Craig Hubley Fri, 29 May 2009 17:04:14 +0000 http://www.newenergyworldnetwork.com/?p=9598#comment-3981 For that matter, where's a global monetary system where biodiversity has a realistic valuation and externalizing harm on the poorest and most vulnerable people doesn't pay? Does anyone reading this really believe we can get to 2050 without weapons of mass destruction and genocides without this kind of change? It's not like it's a new idea, the UN ICLEI-sponsored 2005 Montreal Declaration of World Mayors and Municipal Leaders clause 4.3 called on governments to change "trade, credit, banking reserve rules" and other monetary measures to avert a climate and debt crisis. Which we are now in. Government and business "leaders" that don't use their leverage in a crisis like the present one to insist on the actual implementation of global agreements that would prevent a similar problem in future aren't "leaders", are they? One wonders who they work for. At least the businessmen are working explicitly for their stockholders without pretending to work for the public. For that matter, where’s a global monetary system where biodiversity has a realistic valuation and externalizing harm on the poorest and most vulnerable people doesn’t pay?

Does anyone reading this really believe we can get to 2050 without weapons of mass destruction and genocides without this kind of change?

It’s not like it’s a new idea, the UN ICLEI-sponsored 2005 Montreal Declaration of World Mayors and Municipal Leaders clause 4.3 called on governments to change “trade, credit, banking reserve rules” and other monetary measures to avert a climate and debt crisis. Which we are now in.

Government and business “leaders” that don’t use their leverage in a crisis like the present one to insist on the actual implementation of global agreements that would prevent a similar problem in future aren’t “leaders”, are they? One wonders who they work for. At least the businessmen are working explicitly for their stockholders without pretending to work for the public.

]]> By: Craig Hubley http://www.newenergyworldnetwork.com/investor-news/cleantech-features/global-business-leaders-outline-six-steps-climate-treaty-at-copenhagen.html/comment-page-1#comment-3980 Craig Hubley Fri, 29 May 2009 16:42:46 +0000 http://www.newenergyworldnetwork.com/?p=9598#comment-3980 Where's carbon taxes as advocated by The Economist? Where's an insistence on rollout of universal smart grids right into the home so every device can participate in conservation and peak levelling and fire warnings? Where's an insistence on industry strategies to radically reduce reliance on transport and meeting in person and do everything by moving bits? This isn't 2050 they're talking about, it's 2010. Worthless. Where’s carbon taxes as advocated by The Economist?

Where’s an insistence on rollout of universal smart grids right into the home so every device can participate in conservation and peak levelling and fire warnings?

Where’s an insistence on industry strategies to radically reduce reliance on transport and meeting in person and do everything by moving bits?

This isn’t 2050 they’re talking about, it’s 2010. Worthless.

]]> By: Hazel Henderson http://www.newenergyworldnetwork.com/investor-news/cleantech-features/global-business-leaders-outline-six-steps-climate-treaty-at-copenhagen.html/comment-page-1#comment-3974 Hazel Henderson Fri, 29 May 2009 14:05:06 +0000 http://www.newenergyworldnetwork.com/?p=9598#comment-3974 I hope they can move from cap and trade to real solutions. I agree with Dr. James Hansen that cap and trade is a Temple of Doom ! See my article ,"Green Taxes " Christian Science Nonitor,1990 ! I hope they can move from cap and trade to real solutions. I agree with Dr. James Hansen that cap and trade is a Temple of Doom ! See my article ,”Green Taxes ” Christian Science Nonitor,1990 !

]]> By: Fathima http://www.newenergyworldnetwork.com/investor-news/cleantech-features/global-business-leaders-outline-six-steps-climate-treaty-at-copenhagen.html/comment-page-1#comment-3959 Fathima Fri, 29 May 2009 11:03:43 +0000 http://www.newenergyworldnetwork.com/?p=9598#comment-3959 About time we drew up tangible solutions to the issue. - FATHIMA ---------- Watch and RATE: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zs7aZ4KIL3k About time we drew up tangible solutions to the issue.

- FATHIMA

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