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Re: Global warming in the Cannes film festival
Posted:
May 30, 2006 1:49 PM
in response to:
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> Can you believe this from a vice president of a
> country that refuses to sign on Kyoto Treaty?
I can most certainly belive this warning. What the current government in US thinks about this the gravest of our common problems does not affect my view of it. The american economy was the administrations first concern at that time, which made their reluctance to sign the treaty understandable, but not acceptable in my view.
> Do you think it might be an innovative way of raising
> people awareness to environmental issues? Do you
> think it is going to work?
> I don't think people need to be convinced by the
> dangers of global warming, if anyone is to be addressed , it
> should be the governments.
It is another way of raising the awareness and since i have not seen the film yet i really don't know whether that exact film was a good way. In the democratic countries it is of paramount importance to convince populations if any change is to be made. This goes for just about any subject, since the politicians will have to change their view if they want votes. In non-democratic countries it is the government that needs working on and in those unfortunate cases this film will not make much difference of course.
> I know that many people will say that international
> organizations and some NGOs did a lot and can do
> more, my question now is: can they give something more than
> warnings every now and then that there is endangered species?
> Do they have the authority or the power to change?
In the free world where it is a right to demonstrate, such organizations as Green Peace and WWF can make a huge difference by staging demonstrations with high "impact value".
Also several of the NGOs have highly esteemed experts who can provide information with "weight". Again it is a question of whether demonstrations are allowed and whether there is freedom of speech so the organizations arguments will be heard at all.
Annikki
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