11.31 am Bella Center NGO Booth
The COP today started on time at 10am. The "excellencies" have been giving speeches one by one. I am a bit "tired" somehow of hearing the fancy words again and again, so I walked out of the TV place. I shouldn't have left my coat at the cloak room, because it is getting cold here in the Bella Centre. The whole NGO booth area is as bleak as an abandoned village,deadly quiet. All the side events inside Bella Centre are cancelled too, because most of the audience are normally NGO representatives. Today, only 300 NGO people with the yellow badge are allowed to enter the Bella Centre.
Here's something I've noted down from the high level element:
"We are given by history this opportunitiy to react, to act for our children and grandchildern and those to come, to act on the planet itself.
People from around the world will judge us as individuals , for what we say, what we do and fail to do.
We developed world hold historical reponsibility, but if developing countries don't act now, more than half of the growth of GHG from now till 2050 wil be from emerging developing countries and it wil result in more than 2 degree .
This is a grand bargin between past and future, between developed and deevloping countries.
The common abmition is 450ppm,
It is the legal responsibilities of all parties.
A 6 year old Gracy wrote to me "how old ar you? you need to listen to us- make strong deal coz it's about our future." The children all ove the world are watching us. History will judge."
- Mr. Kevin M. Rudd Australia Prime Minister,
For all of us and all our hildern, there is no greater national interest than the future of the planet.
- Mr. Gordon Brown, UK PM
I hope they are serious and sincere...we will see when the real negotionas resume...
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