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THE CASE AGAINST CARBON TRADING

Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 11/09/2004 - 09:00

CARBON TRADING IS CONTRARY TO SOCIAL JUSTICE

THE LARGEST RESOURCE GRAB IN HISTORY
You can't trade in something unless you own it. When governments and companies "trade" in carbon, they establish de facto property rights over the atmosphere; a commonly held global commons. At no point have these atmospheric property rights been discussed or negotiated - their ownership is established by stealth with every carbon trade.

Carbon Sinks Workshop

Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 11/09/2004 - 08:00

 

Jutta Kill from Fern

 

email jutta@gn.apc.org or see www.fern.org

 

Climate Change recognized as a problem by governments. This led to UN Framework Convention on Climate Change 1992. Aim was to stabilize emissions of greenhouse gases.

 

Governments realised that the convention alone, without binding targets was unable to achieve that goal. After years of negotiations, governments adopted the Kyoto Protocol in 1997, which set out to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in over-developed (=industrialised) countries by 5.2% (compared to 1990 emission levels).