6 - 13 Dec 2009

Another quotation about the environment as the parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change meet during the next two weeks to negotiate a framework for a new agreement to replace the Kyoto Protocol. I am not sure of the original source of this quotation as it has probably been said by many people:

“Care for our world; it is the only one we have.”

Desmond Tutu (born 1931; Archbishop Emeritus of Cape Town, South Africa, awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1984).

29 Nov - 6 Dec 2009

From 7 – 18 December 2009 parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change will meet in Copenhagen to negotiate and agree the framework for a new international climate change agreement. This will be a last opportunity to pave the way for updating and replacing the Kyoto Protocol before it expires in 2012. A quotation often used in articles about environmental issues:

“We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children.”

Source unknown but probably a Native American Proverb