The road from Poznan to Copenhagen: LDC Drivers are skeptic about Drivers of the Developed Countries

In Poznan, till today anyone will feel a sense of frustration, disempowered sadness from the speech of the Least Developed Country (LDC) delegates, both in formal sessions or informal discussions at the COP 14. LDC delegates have express their frustration in such way, “every year we come to each COP to bring something visible to our people, but finally we return to our country with some decisions and papers and such situation has been continuing for years after years.” All of them expressed deep frustration regarding the adaptation fund which is a right of the poor people of the LDC but the LDC delegates have been pleading for this fund for the last seven years. It is ironic that the developed countries failed to arrange $172 million during the last 7 years whereas within couple of weeks USA, EU and Switzerland managed 1.2 trillion dollar to bail out their bankrupt corporate sector. In the eyes of developed country governments, financial crisis of the north is global crisis but climate change is not. Moreover, it seems that these one eyed Northern governments are on the verge of forgetting the principles of UNFCCC and overlooking their commitments for the billions of Southern peoples who are the victim of their different policies and practices. Such approach might make the short and smooth road from Poznan to Copenhagen, harsh and hardy. We should not forgot that people of the world is looking forward towards Copenhagen to see a united world committed for saving the global community from the adverse effects of the climate change.

S. Jahangir Hasan Masum