The next step to save the earth

The Copenhagen conference ended on Dec 19 with an accord "full of vacuous visions and commitments". Though it reconfirmed the principle of "common but differentiated responsibilities" endorsed by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the Kyoto Protocol, no concrete consensus was reached in terms of the global emissions reduction action after 2012 and relevant funds and technology support.

Fierce discussion and discord exhausted representatives participating in the summit. However, the outcome of the talks is "extremely disappointing" and is considered as "missing the optimum opportunity in history to save the earth climate".

This tortuous scenario let me involuntarily recall the luxury liner Titanic, which with 1,316 passengers and 891 crew on board, sank when it collided with an iceberg in 1912, one of the top 10 human disasters in the 20th century. Now, the iceberg might be melting for global warming and would not block any liner, but the fate of the sinking giant vessel has increasingly become a symbol of the future destiny of our earth voyaging in the universe.