A new global body dedicated to environmental stewardship is needed to prevent a repeat of the deadlock which undermined the Copenhagen climate change summit, Gordon Brown will say tomorrow.
The UN’s consensual method of negotiation, which requires all 192 countries to reach agreement, needs to be reformed to ensure that the will of the majority prevails, he feels.
The Prime Minister will say: “Never again should we face the deadlock that threatened to pull down those talks. Never again should we let a global deal to move towards a greener future be held to ransom by only a handful of countries. One of the frustrations for me was the lack of a global body with the sole responsibility for environmental stewardship.
“I believe that in 2010 we will need to look at reforming our international institutions to meet the common challenges we face as a global community.” The summit failed to produce a political agreement among all the countries. Delegates instead passed a motion on Saturday “taking note” of an accord drawn up the night before by five countries: the US, China, India, Brazil and South Africa.
Despite being the first world leader to join the summit, Mr Brown was excluded from the key meeting where the compromise was decided.
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Yikes, this is chilling. I think maybe this is the meaningless prattle of a man who wasn't even invited to the meetings that mattered.
And, if China won't even agree to any independent verification of emissions reductions (because in reality they have no intention of reducing their pollution), I certainly can't see China ever ceding over all authority to a worldwide Green Police.
So I guess this is just meaningless crazytalk. And yet even talk like this is highly disturbing. Essentially, he's saying that democracy is just too inconvenient and so we need a worldwide governing panel with ultimate authority (dictatorship) over all environmental issues. ::Shudder::