Commentary: Real progress on climate change

More than 100 world leaders gathered at the United Nations for a meeting about climate change. They were called together by General Ban Ki-moon to build momentum for the U.N. climate talks in Copenhagen, Denmark, this December. There were no breakthroughs in the arguments however, as well as no agreements made to try and cut back on emissions. But Timothy Wirth thinks that the talks have already started to have an impact. Although no international agreements have been made yet, and will most likely not be for quite a while, some nations have already made national goals to cut down on emissions to try and stop climate change.

I think that this is very good for everyone. Some nations like japan say they will be able to cut back on emissions by 2020, and many others will follow. Like everything in human nature, i believe that this will turn into a competition to see on who can become the greenest nation the quickest. However, the always leading and innovative US may fall behind on this race because other things have taken a front seat in current goals for our country such as health care and getting out of debt. Aside from that however, i believe the meetings in Copenhagen are very beneficial to the world, because the goals are to cut back on emissions and foresting, and increase green energy. Probably the most exciting thing for us is that the "go green" effect will most likely boost the global economy and help carry us out of debt.