23 oktober 2013
Scotland leads on climate justice
Three weeks ago in Edinburgh, the Scottish government held a conference on Climate Justice. The many inspiring speakers outlined the human rights arguments for action to minimize climate change. These are the arguments which the Scottish government believes should spur the nations of the world into reaching “an ambitious and equitable new global climate change treaty in 2015”.
Representatives of government, NGOs and companies gathered in the Dynamic Earth building to hear speakers such as Mary Robinson outline the arguments. Not acting now on climate change is morally and ethically wrong they said, and everyone I spoke to agreed with them, even if the ways forward were not clear.
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