This is the draft of the Copenhagen Climate Change Treaty currently out of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change working group dated September 15th.
Thanks to Alan MacRae for providing it to me. To get an idea of the kinds of things being proposed, I provide it here with some excerpts below. Readers that wish to highlight some other excerpts should do so in comments.
Page 62:
33. Each Party’s national schedule shall include:
(a) A long-term national greenhouse gas emissions limitation or reduction pathway;
(b) A country-driven nationally appropriate mitigation strategy, differentiated in terms of the ambition, timing and scope of its mitigation commitments or actions, which could be, inter alia, project-based, sectoral or economy-wide.
(c) Each Party’s nationally appropriate mitigation strategy shall include:
(i) Except for the least developed countries and small island developing States,
quantified emissions limitation or reduction commitments for 2020, consistent
with its long-term national greenhouse gas emissions limitations or reduction
pathway, subject to regular review; and
(ii) Measurable, reportable and verifiable mitigation policies and measures to meet its quantified emissions limitation or reduction commitments for 2020, as appropriate, and to support its national greenhouse gas emissions limitations or reduction pathway, subject to regular review.
34. All countries prepare low emission development strategies. Note that further paragraphs would be required to describe in more detail their function and relationship to the national schedules described above and a potential facilitative/matching platform.
35. All Parties shall develop and regularly update and submit information relating to the implementation of their nationally appropriate mitigation strategies. Such information shall be reviewed and verified according to agreed rules and guidelines.
36. All Parties, except for the least developed countries and small island developing States, shall develop and regularly update and submit a national inventory of anthropogenic emissions by sources and removals by sinks of all gases not controlled by the Montreal Protocol.
37. National inventories shall be:
(a) Undertaken in accordance with the latest agreed Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories; and
(b) Submitted, reviewed and verified according to agreed frequencies, rules and guidelines.
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Page 122, Item 17 is quite troubling.
15. [Developed country Parties [shall][should] provide support to developing country Parties, particularly those specified in Articles 4.8 and 4.9 of the Convention, in order to allow developing country Parties to address issues related to social and environmental development, economic diversification, risk assessment, modelling and insurance to prevent the adverse effects of the spillover effects.] Alternative to paragraph 15:
[In the implementation of paragraphs 11 (c)11 and 11 (d)12 above (159.1 and 159.2 in FCCC/AWGLCA/2009/INF.1) , through the provision of financial resources, including for access, development and transfer of technology, at agreed full incremental costs in accordance with Article 4.3 of the Convention;
Recognizing that there are ways and means to reduce or avoid such impacts through careful and informed selection of policies and measures, to evaluate the effectiveness of existing tools, and to consider new ones, in order to assist developing country Parties in addressing these impacts.]
16. [Adverse economic and social consequences of response measures [shall][should] be addressed by proper economic, social and environmental actions, including promoting and supporting economic diversification and the development and dissemination of win-win technologies in the affected countries, paying particular attention to the needs and concerns of the poorest and most vulnerable developing country Parties.]
Alternative to paragraph 16:
[Adverse economic and social consequences of response measures shall be addressed by various means, including but not limited to promoting, supporting and enabling economic diversification, funding, insurance and the development, transfer and dissemination of win-win technologies in the affected countries, such as cleaner fossil fuel technologies, gas flaring reduction, and carbon capture and storage technologies.]
17. [[Developed [and developing] countries] [Developed and developing country Parties] [All Parties] [shall] [should]:]
(a) Compensate for damage to the LDCs’ economy and also compensate for lost opportunities, resources, lives, land and dignity, as many will become environmental refugees;
(b) Africa, in the context of environmental justice, should be equitably compensated for environmental, social and economic losses arising from the implementation of response measures.
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For those who refuse to consider ‘end time prophesies’….
Please note that in Revelation, the horse, who’s rider is Death and Hades, isn’t white. In the Greek, it is ‘chloros’ (green).
Ok, for non-prophetic info:
http://www.noteviljustwrong.com/home
Ann and Phelim are anti-Climate Change activists.
Phelim is the journalist, who questioned Al Gore and Al’s guys shut off Phelim’s mic. Poor poor Al, embarassed in front of 500 enviro-journalists!
Go read their side of the argument.
So, putting a gun at my head and forcing me to “support” poor nations is in my best interest and in the best interest of my country? Bullocks! This money, stolen from me, will only support poor nation despots, UN despots, Green despots, and will destroy the golden goose that has always paid for everything- the USA.
But this has been Satan’s plan, ever since the true and living God gave us this land of opportunity. We cannot stand by and let him win, or we will be held accountable!
Might be a good idea for folks to start communicating with their Senators. Obama can sign whatever he wants; it takes 67 votes in the senate to make it law and override our Constitution. He doesn’t have the required votes now; it’s up to all Americans to see to it he doesn’t get them.
This is a no-win situation for Obama. If he signs and congress overrules by not passing law, and we end up facing the fact that weather change within climate zones are a natural phenomena, he and those presidential candidates like him, will lose favor everywhere, while congressional power is given a new lease on life. If he does not sign, he looks like a whimp on the world stage, and the world will once again look for opportunities to dismiss us as a significant player in world events.
The worst case scenario is if all three branches of our government are found out to be populated by bandwagon folk, complete with bullnose rings, willing to be led by whatever snake oil salesman wins their attention.
If it were me, I would choose to look like a fool, than to open my mouth and prove I am one. Don’t sign.
I think we can safely conclude now that Obama is a pawn. Mr George Soros has expressed his desire/plans for this sorta thing for the world many times. It follows then that Obama takes his orders from the same man he accepted about US$300 M.
Ladies and gentlemen, http://wattsupwiththat.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/un-fccc-copenhagen-2009.pdf
Read the entire treaty proposal, and if you seriously consider signing after reading it, kiss your sovereignty goodbye.
Question, wouldn’t it be Carbo Monoxide that should be regulated? If so what is the real meaning to this co2 Carbon Dioxide thats what we expel when we breathe?
dang, can’t spell I meant Carbon Monoxide. and all that has to be done is one thing, the “Thought Crime Prevention Bill” which takes care of all the rest.
I found it on roguegoverment.com
Each State needs to invoke Jeffersonian Principles.
Then each state needs to coincide with each other with their Militias, to kick out the garbage in DC.
It needs to be done in one HUGE sweeping motion…………………….
‘Liberty is not dead, she’s just a little sick right now’
“United We Stand, Divided We Fall!”
Hey, I’ve been reading the version of the Treaty from September. I know that it won’t be the same as the one that is proposed in December, but look at what I found…and these only scratch the surface. My comments are at the end of each cite in parenthases.
Page 125 # 4: “Highlighting that financial commitments have not been met by developed country Parties and other developed Parties included in Annex II and emphasizing the urgent need for these Parties to honour their commitments in accordance with Article 4, and in particular Articles 4.3, 4.4, and 4.5 of the Convention by providing resources to support adaptation, mitigation and technology transfer, developed country Parties and other developed Parties included in Annex II shall provide new and additional to ODA, predictable and sustained level of financial resources to support enhanced action on mitigation and adaptation in developing countries;” (The U.S. is one of the nations that must provide “predictable and sustained level of financial resources to support enhanced action on mitigation and adaption in developing countries if we sign the treaty according to the economic determiners in Annex II)
Page 125 Section 2 #6: “The objective of the provision of financial resources is to promote equity and justice through further enhancement of the full, effective and sustained implementation of the Convention and the Bali Action Plan, so that the ultimate objective of the Convention can be achieved.” (Who decides what is equitable? This just explains why they must have the ability to take money from developed countries to give to developing countries…because of equal justice.)
(The below two options are suggestions on ways to enforce funding. Who would collect such taxes? Therein lies the real goal of this treaty)
Page 135 Option 7: A [global] levy of 2 per cent on international financial market [monetary] transactions to Annex I Parties.
Page 135 Option 8 Agreed penalties or fines on non-compliance of developed country Parties with their commitments to reduce emissions and provide support in the form of financial resources, technology transfer and capacity-building.7
Page 145#71: Once its operations stabilize, the WCCF could establish functional connections with existing or potential carbon units, such as those from carbon market mechanisms under a post-2012 agreed outcome and mechanisms established under the Kyoto Protocol. (This treaty allows the WCCF, World Climate Change Fund, created by the treaty to adopt Kyoto Protocol Carbon caps. This treaty is a back-door to Kyoto!)
Page 145 #76 Subpoint (d): [The body created by the treaty shall] Impose financial penalties, at a minimum of ten times the market price of carbon, for any emissions in excess of the level implied by the emissions reduction commitment. (The treaty uses carbon cap and cap & trade policies to penalize countries that produce too much carbon, even if the signees haven’t passed home county cap & trade legislation.)
All I can think is that our founders would have had nothing to do with this. I’m reminded of the Boston tea party. My only problem is how do we dump carbon emissions in the ocean? Cause I’m not paying taxes on that crap!! Either way, I’d love to see what happens when they try to collect. Especially if the senate hasn’t signed off. I hope they go door to door. Then I’ll give them some good ol fashioned American Mossberg tax!!
NIce work Ashley. Here’s another reminder for one and all that’s worth sharing. Representative Ron Paul was asked the question: “A people so frustrate with a two-party system, why has there been so little success in coming up with another real contender.” His answer was: “Because we don’t have a two party system. We have a one party system. Both parties endorse the welfare state and corporatism. Both parties support interventionism overseas. Buth tey also write all the campaign laws. So they have made it virtually impossible to break into the monopoly. If I had run on a third party ticket I wouldn’t have been in the debates.”
For those who don’t know, it takes 2/3 approval in the Senate to make this treaty law. Allowing this to happen trashes your constitution. Don’t know how many have read the Constitution lately, but a lot of what current day politicians do is “constitutionallly” illegal because Congress never amended Article 1, Section 8 to allow them to do it. Americans however did get stupid by enacting the 16th Amendment – direct taxation and the 17thAmendment – direct election of Senators. There is an election upcoming next year folks. It’s time to make a statement and remind them they work for us, not us them.
Here’s a link that everyone should listen to regarding International Treaties.
http://cdn4.libsyn.com/outloudopinion/Imprimis_July-Aug_2009a.mp3?nvb=20091019204200&nva=20091020205200&t=0d71cecc299c9cd686970
So how do we stop this? Who do we call and annoy or who do we write to? I have been writing and calling my reps literally every single night-Yes! I am currently obsessed- so who do I focus my attention on?
Several years ago I read the book “ATLAS SHRUGGED” by Anne Rand it was a very forthtelling story that seems to coming more true every day.
Next spring my Family and I plan on moving to the middle of WY and living OFF the grid.
I for one will shoot the First person coming onto my land an telling me I need to support someone who can’t seem to pull their head out long enough to realize they should MOVE if the land doesn’t support them. And try telling ME I need to take food out of my families mouth because YOU think someone else needs it more.
PISS OFF!
All of you who think this Treaty is great, how about joining the peace corps and carry your A__ over there and hand feed them.
Just my 2 cents.
If Nobama does this, Airforce One should leave [him] there and the Senate Impeach it….Immediately. He swore to DEFEND the Constitution, not give it away.
If you people are so up in arms about this, you should know that the US government (the tapayer more specifically) pays billions of dollars a year out to pacific islanders that we displaced in the 50’s when we conducted nuclear weapons testing. What is being suggested here is nothing new and has actually been a part of US foreign policy for decades. In fact, our current contribution to LDC’s, one would reason, already meets the provisions stated above. I do not personally see anything to worry about. I, for one, do not perceive the selflessness of a rich and developed nation to be a thing to spurn. Then again, I am a poor American citizen, so maybe I just don’t stand to lose as much. Overall, I rate this a “meh.”
How blind can the American people be? where is the sense of this kind of government take over, this is the beginning of the one world government, who do you think will lead it?, give you one guess. We need to stand up and stop this crap now call your representatives in Wash. and let them know your feelings
The language of these excerpts may be ambiguous to some and even appear to strive for very high principals. It is not until one takes into consideration the many programs and wheels already turning that one will see that this treaty is set to turn all the gears to work at once in a great OneWorld government. The United Nations already has established a clear agenda not only for the redistribution of wealth, but for the redistribution of land, resources and yes we humans, whose population is stated as secondary to nature in their published AGENDA 21 and the Biodiversity and Wildlands project. All of this noble talk about saving the earth is getting turned upon us, people, and in its guise comes a wolf.
Here’s an interesting clip of a panel discussion of this treaty:
And here are a couple of articles by a man who was a deputy representative to the Third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea :
http://www.cato.org/pubs/fpbriefs/fpb-032.html
http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=2567
I gotta agree with Jack B. Looks like someone is getting setup to lead this new world government.
The US and other developed countries are the losers. I got no problem with helping these other countries develop, but this would be a massive transfer of wealth – or penalty for doing well.
Don’t sign – don’t approve this treaty. But Obama has made his agenda clear – force the US into submission.
Seek to be enlightened, seek to know the truth, Obama man please think things out. What about the fall out of signing? All leaders need to be informed when making such changes; it is too late to lament about the fall out when it is happening.
Like digging a hole in the middle of a park without barriers and wondering why there is no one in the park.
Only about money and power and greed by a few, who they they have the knowledge and right to dictate to the world, but they themselves are power hungry greedy individuals, who care little about anything except themselves.
Interesting how Mr Gore will not debate the matter, but has managed to make himself weathly over the matter. If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, and smells like a duck, its a duck
Ok I’m going to chime in here. I haven’t read every post or even the whole treaty purposed; However I do keep up with whats important. Here goes…. is climate change real? Sure it is nothing stays the same. Can the actions of mankind add to the fact that the Earth is warming? Yes. Now here’s the important one. Can the contributions of mankind changing how we burn fossil fuels make any difference in the over all outcome and prevent or slow on a noticiable scale the impending climate change? No not really. I’m sorry folks you just don’t have the power needed to make a difference on a geologic scale. People are for the most part the dominant spieces on this planet but we are not that dominant. When we can stop volcanos from spewing greenhouse gas or re plant the missing forest then we can talk about preventing climate change. You see thousands of years ago the climate of this world even right where you live was very different and thousands of years before that it was different again. Lets face it folks we live on a geologicaly active planet, we have weather and nothing stays the same. Don’t believe me go look at a creek bed and take note year after year. You will notice that the creek remains but the channel changes with every passing storm or high water event.
Now for lack of a better description you people need to get your heads out of the sand. 90% of people are to busy to give a crap eitherway the remaining 10 percent are made of those who wish to grab power by declareing an imminant threat of global doom while another portion wish to just declare nothings wrong. Then there is the smallest percent who really know what is going on and move the pieces around and laugh while the rest run to and fro trying to get their point of view heard by the 90% who really don’t care. Now where the rubber meets the road….the climate is going to change its been getting warmer ever since the last ice age. The question is not can you prevent it or slow it and its not even can you make some money off of it? The real question is are you ready for it? There will be plenty of I told you so’s when the storms get stronger and the weather patterens change. It’s going to happen it’s happened before and it will happen again. Now as a species we are quite good at adapting and over comming problems. But I’m here to tell you this one is out of your league….better start adapting instead of fooling yourselves that you have a chance of controlling. Are these changes going to happen over nite? In a geological time scale they will happen in the blink of an eye. In reality who knows but an educated guess is we have a little time yet to prepare. I wish you all the best in the climate pissing contest but for the fuss that has been stired up…. everyone is missing the point. Everybody wants to be right….who cares. Here is a better question to debate or contest to undertake who is going to be the best prepared when the storm hits? Who is going to save the most lives? Who is going to survive? Money wont be worth anything unless you can eat it. Come on people wake up!
Reply: I would consider that invention, the paragraph. ~ ctm