Chinese blogger Li Puman comments on the Copenhagen Climate Change conference, and questions if there will be any consensus after the talks. Translated by Rose Scobie at China Elections & Governance:
Truthfully speaking, do you really believe politicians? Do you know what those politicians thousands of miles away in Copenhagen are discussing right now? Do you think that emitting 41,000 tons of carbon emissions will help them reach a basic consensus on climate change?
Frankly speaking, I really don’t believe it. Although 56 newspapers across the world published the same editorial, expecting those politicians to make the right choices, and bear the corresponding responsibility, the results are still likely to be as bare as the mermaid statue in Copenhagen. You know she is there, she really is there, but this does not negate the reality that she is just a fairytale.
This sounds a bit pessimistic, but many people concerned about climate change have placed too much hope on this conference. Listen to what people have been saying leading up to this conference: the most important international meeting since World War II, humanity’s final chance to stop global warming….
But when we put aside the grand meaning of these arguments, and the doomsday that will possibly take place 100 years in the future and simply look behind the practical problems faced at the Copenhagen Climate Summit, you perhaps will realize pessimism is not just pessimism, but a reality.
