| COP 9 ACTION:The action calls on all participants of COP 9 and all Governments to
stop bio alcohol and support solar electricity and hydrogen so as
described by DESERTEC and the Arabian Desert Solar Energy Proposal. |
ACTION COP 9
The 9th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) (19 - 30 May 2008) started with the speech of German environment Minister Sigmael Gabriel.
In the first week of May 2008 Gabriel spoke with his Brazilian colleague Ms Marina Silva which assured that sugar cane plantations and soy seed would not harm the environment and there was no danger of more clearcut of the Amazonian forest.
Two weeks later she resigned as environment minister after the Amazon development project was taken away from her and given to the Harvard Professor Roberto Mangabeira Unger who wants to include the Amazon Region in one of the greatest agro-industry project ever seen. It will boost Brazilian ethanol production to replace 5% of crude oil by 20025. Download ACTION COP 9
COP 9 Action:The action calls on all participants of COP 9 and all Governments to stop bio alcohol and support solar electricity and hydrogen so as described by DESERTEC and the Arabian Desert Solar Energy Proposal.
Specifically the following persons are asked to support solar energy from the desert:
1.- German environment minister Sigmael Gabriel His Ministry is informed in relation to an Arabian Desert Solar Energy Project. which produces solar electricity and hydrogen which might reduce the pressure on alcohol and coal ppower plants.
2.- Professor Hans Joachim Schellnhuber CBE from the Potsdam-Institut für Klimafolgenforschung, Professor Schellnhuber is the advisor of the German government concerning climate protection.
3.- A. Runge-Metzger von: European Commission, Directorate-General
Environment Directorate C -- Climate Change & Air, ENV.C.1-Climate Strategy, International Negotiation and monitoring of EU action. Runge-Metzger is the head of COP 9.
4.- All attendants of COP 9, specifically members of the Arabian states, such as Egypt, Algeria, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait Jordan and Emirates.
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Old logistic problems of the bucolic ethanol mills of the past decade are solved. The agro-business took over, with enormous problems for the environment, like the pre-harvest burn of leaves of the sugar cane seen here.
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Before harvesting the fields are sprayed with Herbicide 2,4 D, component of Agent Orange, which was used in the Vietnam War. Afterwards the fields are burnt, setting free huge clouds of dioxin that cause respiratory diseases of epidemic dimensions in the affected areas.
[1] A Seed Europe: Sugarcane in Brazil: working conditions like in the times of slavery
http://www.aseed.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=426&Itemid=107