Climate Equity Observer # 5

[Eugene Coyle <eugenecoyle@xxxxxxx>]

Tom
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Tom Athanasiou asked me to forward this to PEN_L
 

Friends;

       COP7 is over, and so is the first shock of September 11th. Time, then, for
       another edition of Climate Equity Observer. This issue tries to make sense
       of the "new world," even as it focuses on climate politics and its future.

       And don't miss our newest selection of climate equity-related HOT STUFF
       from around the world -- see the http://www.ecoequity.org home page.

       Comments, as always, are more than welcome.

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       The End of the End of History
       http://www.ecoequity.org/ceo/ceo_5_1.htm

               G.W. Bush was appointed president by the Supreme Court.  The
               stock market bubble burst.  The Bonn Compromise marked the
               end of the beginning of the climate battle.  And, of course,
               there was September 11 and all it portends.  Seems to us that
               history is actually on the move.

       After Marrakesh
       http://www.ecoequity.org/ceo/ceo_5_2.htm

               COP7 is over, and now there's The Marrakesh Dilution of the
               Bonn Compromise to the Kyoto Protocol.  What do we think?
               Only that round one is over.  This is not a good deal, but
               there's no reason to believe that a better one was possible
               in the past, or will be possible in the future if this one
               is derailed.  It's time to look forward.

       Blowback
       http://www.ecoequity.org/ceo/ceo_5_3.htm

               The battle, now, is for the soul of realism, the divide
               between those who are willing to connect the dots and those
               who refuse.  And the stakes are very high.  As John le Carre
               put it: "Suggesting there is a historical context for the
               recent atrocities is by implication to make excuses for them.
               Anyone who is with us doesn't do that.  Anyone who does, is
               against us."

       A War of Coalitions
       http://www.ecoequity.org/ceo/ceo_5_4.htm

               So now we have the Climate Protection Coalition and the
               Anti-Terror Coalition, and they're on the same planet at the
               same time.  Is this a problem?  Absolutely.  Do we know
               what's likely to happen.  Absolutely not.  We do have some
               ideas, however...

Tom Athanasiou
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www.ecoequity.org