[GJM] [simpol] Delete the Provision of Differentiated Responsibilties in UN MDG goal no.7

Fri Dec 15 09:08:09 MST 2006

Dear John and all the distinguished members of the SIMPOL forum,

  Greetings for peace,

  I am sorry for the typing mistake .I should have written UN Millennium Development Goals. It is important to build opinions on this. We can relate to mail on hyperactive Chinese economy..In Delhi, we are witness to the rise and fall of share prices.There are protests against the acquisition of the land of the farmers. Today the bill for granting land rights have been passed in the Lok Sabha. Social Inclusion is the theme for the 11the Plan approach paper. Therefore, I guess there are lots of breaks on the expansion of monocultural urban habitats.. We need to seek global adoption of socially equitabel ,inclusive and ecologically sustaianble development polcy with lots of focus for the protection of ecologically sustainable livelihoods, habitats,transportation systems..

  There are already changes in Alpian ecology and ski resorts will close very soon...as there would not be much ice left there..

  May Allah/God/..bless us with guidance to more and more on the eve of Christmas and New Year

  Dr.Muhammad Mukhtar Alam
  New Delhi

Muhammad Mukhtar Alam <mukhtaralam2000 at yahoo.com> wrote:
          Dear John and all,

As a chairperson of Labour League Foundation , I would like to seek generation of more opinions for getting rid of the principle of differentiated responsibilites that has led US and Australia to think that their economies will suffer.

Let us refer to MDG goal no 7 for environment sustainaibility and seek deletion of differentiated responsibility. It is better to get this done. India and China and several other countries has been kept out of the binding emission targets.

It is important to call for deletion of this principle. I am not sure what others think.

I have argued on this in e-discussion of World Bank and UNDP as well with reference to measures for climate change.

Dr.Muhammad Mukhtar Alam
Delhi
Dr.Muhammad Mukhtar Alam

John Bunzl <jbunzl at simpol.org> wrote:
Dear Adopter of the Simultaneous Policy (SP),

Please find below a press release announcing the latest MP to pledge to implement SP alongside other governments.

Season's greetings to you all.
John Bunzl - Trustee
ISPO

Simpol-UK 
The Simultaneous Policy Organisation of the UK
Simultaneous Policy: Rediscovering the Sense of our Collective Humanity

PRESS RELEASE: 15th December 2006

20 UK MPs lead drive for simultaneous action on climate change
The Simultaneous Policy (SP) campaign, aimed at addressing global problems such as climate change, unfair trade and unsustainability, has gained further support in Parliament. Malcolm Bruce, Liberal Democrat MP for Gordon and Vice-chair of Globe UK, became the twentieth MP from all the main UK political parties to sign a pledge to implement SP alongside other governments. (See website for full list). “I strongly support action by governments working together to tackle climate change,” Mr. Bruce said.
To avoid governments’ fears that the unilateral implementation of stringent environmental controls would see capital and jobs moving elsewhere, the Simultaneous Policy is to be implemented simultaneously, only when all or sufficient governments have signed up. In this way, supporting SP poses no-risk to any nation’s international competitiveness and is helping to build international and cross-party support while opening the way to far more robust measures being adopted than those presently envisaged under agreements such as the Kyoto Protocol. 
The fear of competitive disadvantage is rapidly being recognised as the key barrier to solving global warming and many other global problems. The Stern report recently warned governments to act urgently to curb carbon emissions, but the Financial Times (6th Dec. 06) noted that “
governments remain reluctant to address this threat because any country acting alone to curb its greenhouse gas emissions, without similar commitments by other governments, risks damaging the competitiveness of its industries.” David Milliband, UK environment minister, confirmed this problem, noting that: “There is a collective action problem internationally.”
To short-cut inter-governmental paralysis, the design of SP’s range of global policies is undertaken, not by political parties, but by thousands of citizens around the world who support SP, known as Adopters. To secure sufficient international support for SP, Adopters vote in their respective national elections for any candidate, within reason, who has signed the pledge to implement SP alongside other governments, or to encourage their preferred party to support SP. In this way, politicians who fail to sign the SP Pledge risk losing their seats to those who do. With more parliamentary seats and even entire national elections being won or lost on fine margins, only a relatively small number of Adopters may be needed to make it in the vital interests of the main politicians and parties to support SP. In this way, citizens around the world are adopting SP as a way to seize the political initiative and to drive even uncooperative governments, such as the U.S. administration,
towards the internationally co-operative solution that SP provides. 
Apart from the UK, there is support for SP in the EU and Australian parliaments and SP campaigns are under way many in other countries. SP is supported by the prime minister of East Timor, Dr. José Ramos-Horta, and by many ecologists, activists and economists.
For further information visit www.simpol.org (global site) and/or www.simpol.org.uk (UK site) or contact Diana Trimble on the numbers below.
Simpol-UK 27 London Road, Bromley, BR1 1DF, UK
info at simpol.org.uk Tel +44 (0)20-8464 4141 Fax +44 (0)20-8460 2035

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