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Debating Carbon Capture and Storage in the Clean Development Mechanism

Debating Carbon Capture and Storage in the Clean Development Mechanism / Nathan Hultman and Viviane Romeiro, Brookings Institution, 7/12/2011

http://www.brookings.edu/opinions/2011/1207_durban_climate_talks_hultman.aspx

One of the more pleasantly unpredictable aspects of the annual climate negotiation ritual is the creativity with which many of the environmental organizations approach their messaging. Whether by displaying a melting ice penguin or by deploying “delegates” to hide their heads in the sand like ostriches, the visual imagery can often attach a more compelling and refreshingly direct narrative to the technical and specialized negotiations happening inside the venue. Some stunts admittedly fall flat, but the best are entertaining, engaging, thought-provoking, or even haunting. One of many such performances this week involved a group of seven yellow-shirted cheerleaders repeatedly chanting “Kick Coal Out of CDM!”, and offering passing delegates the opportunity to give a boot to the derrière of an unfortunate bloke dressed as a lump of coal. Their message is clear—dirty coal should not receive special treatment through an international body charged with determining how to protect the climate…


OpenEdition vous propose de citer ce billet de la manière suivante :
Danièle Revel (12 décembre 2011). Debating Carbon Capture and Storage in the Clean Development Mechanism. Veille énergie climat. Consulté le 9 novembre 2024 à l’adresse https://doi.org/10.58079/o9co


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