Sunday, February 14, 2016

Article Nine of Kyoto Protocol

1. The Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to this Protocol shall periodically review this Protocol in the light of the best available scientific information and assessments on climate change and its impacts, as well as relevant technical, social and economic information. Such reviews shall be coordinated with pertinent reviews under the Convention, in particular those required by Article 4, paragraph 2 (d), and Article 7, paragraph 2 (a), of the Convention. Based on these reviews, the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to this Protocol shall take appropriate action. 

I could never understand why a Republican Party could simply look the other way when there was strong scientific EVIDENCE regarding a deadly trend for Earth. But, especially because there are impacts. Climate Change as documented by Kyoto stated where were and would be impacts on Earth that would alter the environmental safety of people. Besides the impact on nature alone, it would impact people in their water supply, food and their homes with safety and place threatened.

In case this isn't common knowledge, this is the Preamble to the USA Constitution. Not the Declaration of Independence or the Bill of Rights. This is the first paragraph to the USA Constitution.

We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.

Posterity is the future generations or the USA and/or the descendants of current citizens. There is a clear understanding Americans were coming together to protect themselves as a country and the future of their children. There is no ambiguity. 

2. The first review shall take place at the second session of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to this Protocol. Further reviews shall take place at regular intervals and in a timely manner. 

I would like to remind all participants there is a structure in place, as I understand it, to meet regularly. At those regular meetings a comprehensive review is to take place to report the FACTS of the previous year(s). Those facts have to be whether or not there was progress, benign outcomes or data indicating there was a failure to achieve goals.

That is very important. The current climate agreement is to solve problems and not increase them. So, while scientific evidence is clear regarding a warming planet, we have to move past diagnosing the problem and into measuring it. To that end, there is still information needed that proves the best methods going forward. There are micro-environments on Earth to understand that can provide greater insight to progress in ending and reversing this deadly trend. 

The scientific facts of what has occurred are vital to finding an end to this warming process. Clear scientific facts. There is no failure in any attempt. The facts will validate attempts that work and those that do not. Those that do not and contribute to the warming are to be scrutinized for ways to change adverse outcomes. There is no failure as if shamed by it. There is only failure that can be noted with a course correction.

All efforts have to be sincere and based in scientific law and theory. It will be incredibly insightful to have nearly every country, with different biotic content report on the efforts and progress. 

We aren't playing let's pretend. This is it. This is the agreement that will end the climate crisis. It has to be. Nothing is more moral than getting this right.