The day after Copenhagen. A cold clear sunny day in the German capital. Many people use it for a walk. The children and grandchildren is to be hoped that even in many decades, such wonderful days are possible. But the policy is not addressed. The day to Copenhagen makes their failure on the world stage clearly. The answer is now must take drastic action, the citizens and the citizens.
It would have been nice if the more than 190 countries in Copenhagen to agree on binding rules to protect the climate could have. From the beginning it was an illusion to think that on an issue that has for the states and high economic importance, all leaders would join forces. To the differentiated interests.
Three important findings have brought to the world climate summit in Copenhagen. First, the differences are too great for the economic interests of developed countries to emerging countries and poor countries. Copenhagen made it clear that the policy in the global and networked world, has not the power and the decisive influence to shape the earth alone. They blocked by their own specific interests, not least, national parliaments and elections due. National policy is always particularity. The government representatives are primarily responsible to their constituents.
Second, Copenhagen has shown that protection of the climate survival priority. In the analysis, it is no doubt. We can not produce so on and live as before.
Third: Now, the citizens turn. Because of their lifestyles and behaviors are critical of such developments on the climate. Climate and Citizens do not recognize national borders and interests. The needs of people worldwide standard for the industry for products and services. That citizens can also make pressure and force companies to dispense with the production such as child labor, the Internet, with Web 2.0 as the last few years. Fast, such companies will be punished by purchase or abstention by spreading a negative image.
Europe and Germany are in the range of green technologies in a good position. The more citizens and consumers demand it, the stronger will offer the industry such products. Green technologies are creating new jobs. Alone, the use of new Meter for an IT-controlled intelligent power to the around 24 million German households requires an investment of 400 million €. That would be a good stimulus package for the craft. Already
long runs after the political maturity of the technology maturity. Why wait, if it can be traded. Therefore, society and economy must take the problems of climate change into their own hands. They are key players. The field of innovation here is legion. Renewable energy, electric vehicles and electric energy are huge markets of tomorrow. "The economy and technology are ready to take the greatest ecological revolution in history" Ed Markey said the U.S. congressmen. A crucial role as an instrument is played by information and communication technologies. They will do in the future an important contribution to the decarbonization of the Company. By modern information and communication technologies, the use of resources is minimized and the efficiency of energy consumption can be increased.
citizens to be both producers and consumers (prosumers). It affects your products and services. It's up to you to leave the cage of the respective national policies and to make their way to a world community that enforces its own objectives. Government agreements alone not. Without the commitment and join the people there can be no climate change.
Copenhagen has identified a new crossroads. We should use them. To that extent, the Air Summit is an important building block for a global domestic policy of the citizens. It is also clear that the policy will be required in the future. You should not implement the controversial climate targets now in action measures without waiting for the next climate summit. The policy is to Copenhagen is not the only player in the game. Politicians should collaborate more in the future with citizens and forge new alliances. They should show the new technologies open. I'm sure it will In Berlin in a hundred years in the winter cold yet beautiful sunny days.
