China’s most famous teacher, philosopher, and political theorist (551-479 BC) is, of course, not still here to advise the Canadian prime minister on how to react to this country’s embarrassing failure to come anywhere close to meeting it’s Kyoto commitments. Fortunately, however, Confucius left some all-purpose aphorisms that might offer Harper wisdom. In this case:
โWhen it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don’t adjust the goals, adjust the actionย steps.โย
Their access to the summit is proof that Big Oil still holds "a dangerous sway" over the climate process, campaigners say.
Delegationโs composition consistent with new KBPO report revealingย this yearโs U.N. climate talks have the largest number of fossil fuel lobbyists to date.
Labour government accused of being โcomplicit in the fossil fuel industryโs conquest of the COP processโ.
Our changing climate will produce winners and losers. Canada should look to the Global South for a winning strategy.
