Time magazine concludes the lessons of Copenhagen and the strength of the decisions

China web December 22 According to the United States, "Time" magazine December 21 reported that the Copenhagen weather Summit dust settles, the summit was not as people would like to reach a binding document, but the Copenhagen Summit is the 21st century human confrontation with the climate change took the first step, The real value is to teach us how to deal with the problem of weather change, the Times has summed up five lessons of the summit: 1. George W. Bush is sometimes right. Although President Bush ignored the issue of climate change for most of his tenure, he convened the major economies in Washington in late 2007 to meet It is hoped that the few countries that emit large amounts of greenhouse gases will make progress in fighting global warming. But environmentalists denounced the idea as a conspiracy to crowd out the United Nations, which did not have a major impact. But at the Copenhagen Summit, U.S. President Barack Obama adopted the bush approach to save the summit, which is already on the brink of collapse. He spent a long time in direct bilateral talks with some of the country's leaders and finally reached deals with emerging economies such as China, India, Brazil and South Africa. Although the summit did not crowd out the United Nations, the decision to change the climate has shifted to a small number of countries.　　　　Although this practice is not democratic enough, it may be the only way to get the summit to reach an agreement. 2. China plays a decisive role when Obama arrives in Copenhagen, the first thing he has to do is to adjust his differences with China, and the conflict between China and the United States on the topic of "transparency" has almost permeated the entire summit. The real challenge for Mr Obama is to convince China that China is now the world's biggest emitter of greenhouse gases, and that the US needs to convince China to match its targets. China is investing billions of of dollars in clean energy, promising to improve energy efficiency. But China remains low-key and unwilling to use its growing strength to influence weather talks. China is likely to become the world's second-largest economy by the end of the year, but there are millions of poor people in the country, with only a middle position in developing countries.　　　　But unless China decides to play a leading role in the fight against future global warming, such action is nothing more than a hollow word. 3. Save the forests there is a consensus although there was no agreement on greenhouse gas reduction targets at the Copenhagen Summit, one of the highlights of the summit was to agree on slowing deforestation, where indiscriminate deforestation and the burning of rainforests accounted for around 15% per cent of global carbon dioxide emissions, preventing deforestation from slowing greenhouse gas emissions, The cheapest way to protect important wildlife habitats. The Copenhagen Summit has made progress in the "deforestation and erosion reduction mechanism" plan, which both developing and developed countries hope will succeed.　　Despite the lack of a broader agreement, the Copenhagen deal has already touched on this, and forests have become one of the common treasures that governments are trying to save. 4. The green camp has split and green groups have reacted differently to the Copenhagen Summit. US Environmental Association praises Copenhagen SummitThe agreement is an "important step" for the human Race to combat climate change, and other mainstream environmental groups have responded similarly. But new environmental groups such as the 350.org website criticized the deal and broke out in protest outside the summit.　　The "350.org" site is a civil society that aims to reduce carbon dioxide levels to three hundred and fifty out of 10,000 (350ppm) and restore the atmosphere to health. 5. It's a good thing that things get harder. One weeks before the summit, world leaders have been aggressively lowering expectations of an agreement, replacing it with a broad political manifesto. Logically, this should make the summit negotiations easier. But that is clearly not the case, and the last 48 hours of the summit have almost collapsed. If the Copenhagen Summit becomes difficult, the Mexico City summit may be even more so. Because of that, countries are being asked to fill the framework of the Copenhagen Agreement. It has been difficult to reach an agreement at Copenhagen, but the tougher the negotiations, the closer the goal is to confirm the interval. The cautious moves by countries are just signaling that global weather negotiations are not a symbolic sweet talk. In addition, the US role has changed at the Copenhagen Summit. "We want your leadership, but if for some reason you are unwilling to lead, then leave that right to others," Papua New Guinea, who spoke to the American representative at the Bali Summit 2 years ago. "At the summit, the United States has at least expressed the will to lead, but the question is how long that will last and who will follow it." (LI)