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	Statement about UN Climate Summit by World Wildlife Fund an article by Samantha Smith, Head of WWF Delegation to the UN Climate Summit “Every part of society showed up and delivered here at the Summit, with the exception of world leaders who still have a lot of work to do. Make no mistake – this was a historic moment, with 120 heads of state, 400,000 citizens taking to the streets, sector-busting corporate commitments, and inspiring leadership from cities and the faith community. click on photo to enlarge “But we’re still waiting for governments to ratchet up their ambition and deliver global, system-wide change on the scale needed to solve the climate crisis. A laundry list of modest country actions is not an effective strategy to fight runaway carbon pollution. “All the while, the atmospheric news is only getting worse. Emissions are rising faster than ever – this year alone global emissions rose 2.3 percent in 2013, and US emissions went up 2.9 percent. “Despite the smog, the message is clear: we desperately need action on climate change. The historic crowds in the streets of New York City – and similar actions in other cities around the world this week – demonstrate the rising tide of public support for ambitious action. “That rallying cry was amplified by many other groups, from faith leaders, to youth groups to civil society, and even big business. We saw critical corporate leadership – from company actions to tri- sector coalitions – on issues like deforestation and 100 per cent renewable energy. Even the finance community made unprecedented commitments to pull money out of polluting investments. “This summit was world leaders’ turn to start matching those commitments, and for the most part, they have yet to deliver. “One bright spot was that Latin America’s leaders came prepared and gave us a vision of a renewable energy future. Their commitments included crucial pledges on deforestation and are all about action now in the critical years where emissions need to start coming down. This Latin American leadership, from countries including Mexico, Nicaragua, Chile, and Costa Rica, sets the stage for strong progress at the negotiations in Peru later this fall. We’ll be counting on those countries to help ramp up the ambition of the talks on the road to Paris next year.”		DISCUSSION Question(s) related to this article: Despite the vested interests of companies and governments, Can we make progress toward sustainable development? * * * * * Latest reader comment: [responding to CPNN article The film 'Demain', a manifesto? Yes initiatives from the grassroots are important and necessary which will have a direct impact on the present and the future. But there are governments like India which are conscious of over exploitation of the earth’s resources and are taking suitable policy measures and also taking legal action against the exploiters. We must emphasize public transportation and reduce our dependence on individual cars even though the auto industry will not like this. Otherwise it is not demain but aujourdhui — the problems are there for us to see.
This report was posted on October 6, 2014.