Barge in at Hagen

It was in the front pages of major newspapers all over the world a week or so back.

The climate change summit at Copenhagen, Denmark.
I had been following the news leading up to Hagen and it was a frenzy.

Barack Obama after his to China seemed an equal to Wen Jibao. Its definitely been the decade of the dragon. The economic surge in the first half of the decade, the economic stablility when the rest of the world was in metldown and the Beijing Olympics all come to show that China is a force to deal with.

Our own Dr.Manmohan Singh flew to washington with the hope of getting a slice of the pie and maybe he did.

At Hagen it was more a 2 way battle, between the developed and the developing world. And stuck in between were the BASIC countries.

Personally, I felt the BASIC countries handled the summit extremely well. I mean they did have to bat for the developing nations but at the same time responsibilities were loaded on them by the west.

I think the US target of reducing carbon emissions by 4 % is a joke. Its hypocricy if you expect to lead the world and yourself are willing to do little.

One article I read in the papers spoke about how Barack Obama barged into the room where the BASIC countries were having thier discussions. An uninvited guest ...well is okay with us here in India considering we're pretty hospitable. Maybe its the same in China, Brazil and South Africa as well.

Either way, it turns out that this uninvited guest held his hosts at gunpoint in order to chalk out a deal. Not literally but yes thats what happened at Hagen. A barge in.

The deal questinable in itself has probably created a rift between the developed world and the developing world. Why should countries like Haiti allow the US to monitor thier climate policies when the US themselves are willing to only to buy the land(cuz they've got the money) and expect the others to do the farming??

At the end of the day, the big question is how are we going to achieve what we set out to do??
Reducing carbon emissions is a tall order in India since bulk of the nation still uses firewood and charcoal as thier major fuel. India is in one of those grey areas where the plan is set but how it is to be executed is still unknown.

Even if it is known, considering the execution of the Commonwealth games "plans", i think we're in for one rough ride