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Sameer Kumar

Sameer Kumar — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0000

World leaders lack serious will and sincerity to do anything that really does not translate in to huge chunks of votes or something similar. India and China did not sign earlier this year and they did not now. What is the use of these agreement when such huge nations and more importantly major contributors of greenhouse gases do not sign? This will be very similar to Kyoto with just few European nations finally achieving those numbers. India can’t make up its mind on Nuclear deal issues and I don’t expect them to think about this at all.

This will help very little. Awareness among people is a better way.

Gagandeep

Gagandeep — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0000

The sincerity has to eventually flow from the voting constituencies. it is the general populace that is still uninformed, uneducated, and in some cases, downright callous to the whole environmental debate. Leaders can be sincere only to the extent that the public backs them. True enough, they can set targets and like, but the eventual push has to come from the people.

Consensus at the world stage can only emerge when it is driven at the national stage. Some leaders might be serious enough about the desperate state of affairs but can do nothing about it until the diverse views and interests are made to agree.