COP 17 to climate negotiators: DON'T KILL AFRICA

The attendees at Durban tried to implement a "treaty" to get all western nations, didn't apply to others, to pay a "climate debt". One of the things in this treaty was a requirement for a > 100% CO2 emission reduction by 2050. Presumably all breathing forms of life would have to go under this. All the money paid by this climate debt and penalties, if any, would go to the U.N. who would dole it out as they see fit.
There is more of this stupidity but anyone can find it on the net. This stupidity failed to prevail, thank God a measure of sanity crept in. Every time this global warming which morphed into climate change because the cold winters didn't cooperate crops up I view it with the same scepticism as racism charges. If anyone needs any more reason for the United States to withdraw from the U.N. in all respects and throw those leeches out of this country they need look no further than Durban.

I just sent this to the U.S. climate negotiators in Durban. It is still going on.

There is no more time to waste in protecting this planet and our species. You know the science, you see the reality and yet you do not act. This is an extreme abrogation of your moral duty to the world as leaders of it. Millions of people are already suffering the effects of climate change and thousands globally have died. Millions more will follow. All you think of is $$$$ as you neglect the moral imperative. The cost of not addressing this as science now dictates will cost us even more in $$$$$, biodiversity and lives. And make no mistake about it, you are not immune from its effects either nor are your own children. A world warmed by 4 degrees will be unsustainable. What do you not understand about this? Is this really the world you want for your children? Money is transient, humanity and biodiversity are the ultimate treasures. This is not a case of having a choice of what you want to do. This is about what needs to be done to sustain civilization. It's time to GET IT DONE.

Let's not forget, that Dow is the company that brought us Agent Orange (Vietnam) or commercially known as dioxin, at one time recognized as the most dangerous chemical concoction known to man...maybe still is. If you google it you will find that it continues to be a major health problem for the Vietnamese and is also involved in many lawsuits in this country as well.

The US spread millions of gallons over thousands of square miles in Vietnam for over a decade in an effort to defoliate the countryside to make the enemy more visible from the ground and the air.

These guys are also responsible for mass suicides in places like India etc...they are not good guys by any definition, regardless what they call themselves.

Oh and also, MONSANTO and other industrial agricultural corporations like DOW as well that now claim to be "sustainable agriculture" and "life science" companies continue to greenwash their toxic images by now trying to claim that using RoundUp and other GM seeds entitles them to carbon credits in order to use these conferences as a way to also shove GMOs down the throats of the people of Africa as they use climate change to steal the natural drought resistant traits of natural plants through biopiracy. It is absurdity to the max for them to even be at these conferences after what they have done and continue to do to pollute and deforest this planet to grow their toxic GM soy for animal feed and BT corn biofuel that exacerbates hunger!

These are the lobbyists present at these meetings behind these sessions deciding the fate of our children and theirs... and yet, apart from Democracy Now, the American media is GAGGED. Has this even really been covered on Current TV?.. oh wait I forgot, the "election" and politics are all they're about now, not human rights. Just as an observation, there have also been 15 posts to my knowledge posted here regarding this in the entire time COP 17 has been in session.
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"Africa has become a major battleground for GM crops, and efforts to ensure the penetration of the continent by hook or by crook have been thick and persistent. With a picture of unyielding hunger, malnourished people and an inability to plough with anything other than a hoe, Africa is presented as a lost cause that must be helped by a loving, caring world. Climate change provides a wonderful cover to push this agenda. The GM industry claims they can produce varieties that do not need water to grow and indeed will produce others than do not require agro-chemicals. The promises keep rolling off the tongues of their salesmen. The message is that without GM crops and with climate change, Africans will not only be left with empty bowls, but the continent will become a dust bowl.

True, the effects of climate change are clearly manifest in the agricultural sector. But, trust the purveyors of genetically engineered crops. They want to gain from all ends of the pipe. As we often hear, agriculture contributes a large chunk of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere and thus impacts on the climate. What is often not heard is that the culprit is industrial, chemical-dependent agriculture and not the environmentally sound agro-ecological practices. Nevertheless, even though smallholder farmers are not climate criminals, they are severely impacted by it. For the Niger Delta, continued degradation in the form of spills and gas flares render the area extremely vulnerable to the impacts of climate change with a projected loss of 50 per cent of the ability to produce cereals by the year 2020 and an 80 per cent loss by 2050.16 This is worse than any armed conflict.

In grasping at carbon credits and offsets, some entrepreneurs suggest that, for the agricultural sector to benefit from the carbon market, systems that reduce the need for tillage should qualify. If this is taken on board, genetically modified crops such as Monsanto's Roundup-ready varieties could be used to claim carbon credits by arguing that they reduce the need for tillage and thus reduce emissions. This would be a perverse incentive for growing GM crops.17"

Not to sound all looney, but i thought that plants breathe co2 and produce oxygen, and a co2 rich atmosphere will only provide more gas for plants to grow and produce oxygen.. but hey what do I know. Fukushima, now thats climate change.

The fact is that climate justice is the farthest thing from the minds of industrialized nations in putting together a climate pact that resembles anything regarding true climate justice and moral courage. Greed, selfishness, geopolitics, intolerance ( yes I can believe a part of this is based on just not wanting to help people of color along with the poor and women) all things that have rotted the governments of these nations to their core. And Americans, our government is one of them. This government and this administration along with others have failed future generations on a huge scale by continuing to serve the status quo that now sees our planet teetering on the edge.

Instead of progress, we get obstruction. Instead of solutions, we get deception. Instead of food sovereignty and recognizing the Rights of Mother Earth, we get MONSANTO and BP. Instead of respecting the science, we get political rhetoric delivered by those so far removed from the reality of what climate change is doing to those who had nothing to do with making it. There is no other way any more to say this. The planet is warming. The effects are real. They are affecting our ability to provide food, water, and sound social structures to MILLIONS of people globally, with climate migration not some distant delusion but a present humanitarian crisis.

When you have the people relegated to the streets and arrested for seeking merely to be able to survive, you know who really runs this show. This is the epitome of what OWS is about. The environmental effects of the actions of the 1% have now insured us that the world our chldren and grandchildren will live in will be unlike the world we pictured and lived in.They are not on the side of working for real solutions that bring justice and equality that in turn brings food sovereignty, clean water, social justice and respect for the processes of our planet that we must now work with in order for our species to survive.They are climate criminals intent on using this crisis for their own profit at the expense of all of us as this is killing people and will kill Africa and many others in this world if allowed to go unchecked any longer.

Therefore,I stress again my belief that they should all be held accused of human rights abuses and abuses against Mother Earth and dealt with accordingly and the people must now take into their hands the work they refuse to do. Our survival depends on us. If anything this will hopefully inspire more people to see the truth and to understand this is a real and present danger to our continued survival. It's time to GET IT DONE.