Climate Change Solutions In Developing Nations Require Diplomacy, Not Dogma
Given the recent spate of advertising by Britains leading supplier of gas, one might be forgiven for believing that gas was a green product. Make no mistake, gas is a fossil fuel. Its burning flame is blue apparently so it can be recognized when its turned on. It emits black carbon into the atmosphere which contributes to global warming and thus, the climate change thats constantly in the news these days.
But such is the rush to jump on the green bandwagon that developed nations run the risk of believing that what they are doing is enough to solve the problem in the west. This is whilst emerging industrialists in developing nations continue to pollute at an alarming rate.
Although historically, the truth is that the west has been responsible for creating most of the pollution, risking devastating consequences for the whole of the world; only new developing countries are beginning to follow suit. Some believe that unless we over-promote the actions we are taking to reduce emissions, others will simply fail to do enough in order to have the desired effect.
Others prefer to be...