India and Copenhagen

First:

After reading this blog post below, I felt a strong sense of renewed hope for a workable conclusion to the climate change talks in Copenhagen, and in the power of today's issues to unite people of different, even conflicting interests. COP15 itself is proof that the idea that politics is inextricably intertwined with corruption and diplomacy is (extremely) slowly being eroded as people (and politicians) open their eyes to the world that they helped to burn. And by no means do I exclude myself from this category. Read this guys.

http://sscinternational.org/2009/11/29/in-the-lead-up-to-copenhagen-it’s-developed-vs-developing/

But at the same time, although India's demands may be practical and even reasonable, they are not fair. The demands don't appear to be in the spirit of climate change - they are essentially a more sophisticated way of saying: Why should WE, when YOU are doing all the polluting? This argument is sound - it is only to the offender that the offence must directly be attributed. But this argument is still embedded firmly in the rut of the idea that the interest of any one nation is separate from the interest of another. This directly violates the purpose of the Copenhagen talks - the point is that all the countries are getting together to discuss how to achieve a common goal. If there is no common goal, then there is no point. This puts a kind of damper on the hope that the previous article instilled in me. Here below is a somewhat neutral look at how things stand.

http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90780/91345/6836912.html

Although it is good to spread hope about a good conclusion to COP15 (hopefully a concrete legally binding international treaty that will actually produce results), we must not ignore the colossal obstacles that loom over us; broadly defined, they are: diplomacy and dishonesty, politicians' service of self-interest and neglect of the public, and the inaction of the general public in the wake of drastic climate change.

Hopefully things will work out.