Article/Link: "Canada makes Kyoto climate strike" by Richard Black
Published: Nov. 28, 2011 ; accessed: Nov. 28, 2011
Summary: Canada may withdraw from the Kyoto Protocol next month. This is angering poor countries who believe that the rich countries are taking advantage of their position. South African President Jacob Zuma strongly disagreed with this. Four years ago Canada said they were not join got meet their existing goals; in fact their emissions rose by one-third (since 1990). Canada wants to align its stance with the US, as US did a similar thing under George Bush. Other countries such as Russia and Japan have also said they will not make further cuts. India and Brazil agreed with the US with their idea to delay talks on a new global climate agreement until 2015, while the EU wants to have an agreement reached by that time. Many environmentalists have also been angry with the UK for supporting Canadian oil sands
Response: Countries are starting to put their economies over the environment again, and this is a classic case of short-term versus long-term benefits and detriments. However, this is a lot more difficult, because it's no use saving the world if it has descended into total bankruptcy and anarchy. It is also no use having a good economy for fifty more years and then dying of pollution. It's a balancing act, but most of the countries seem to be putting the short-term benefits in front of the long-term. Also, Canada is once again trying to keep healthy relations with the USA. Even though Canada has a fairly good reputation as being green, it is slowly falling apart with their oil sands trading with the UK and this recent backing out of the Kyoto Protocol. Canada should keep good relations with the US as they share the longest unbroken border between any two countries, but it is its own country so it might be beneficial (and good for its reputation) to stop trying to copy everything that the US is doing.
Vocabulary:
Word 1: delegate
a) "In the main conference hall, delegates heard South African President Jacob Zuma call for meaningful progress."
b) A person acting for another (as a representative to a convention or conference). Middle English delegat, from Medieval Latin delegatus, from Latin, past participle of delegare to delegate, from de- + legare to send. First Known Use: 15th century.
c) The Model UN delegates successfully participated in the Dehra Dun Model UN.
Word 2: secession
a) "But with 12 months notice needed to withdraw, and the current set of targets expiring at the end of next year, the timescale for a formal secession would make sense and would then put Canada in the same bracket formally as the US, which withdrew under President George W Bush."
b) Formal withdrawal from an organization. Latin secession-, secessio, from secedere. First Known Use: 1604.
c) The reason for the student's secession from Honor Council was clear; he had cheated on three biology tests.
Word 3: prairie
a) "Extracting oil from the tar deposits that spread across Canada's prairie provinces is much more energy-intensive than conventional oil drilling, and also uses huge amounts of water."
b) Land in or predominantly in grass. French, from Old French praierie, from Vulgar Latin *prataria, from Latin pratum meadow. First Known Use: circa 1682.
c) The student claimed to be from the prairies, when in fact he was from the mountains.
Published: Nov. 28, 2011 ; accessed: Nov. 28, 2011
Summary: Canada may withdraw from the Kyoto Protocol next month. This is angering poor countries who believe that the rich countries are taking advantage of their position. South African President Jacob Zuma strongly disagreed with this. Four years ago Canada said they were not join got meet their existing goals; in fact their emissions rose by one-third (since 1990). Canada wants to align its stance with the US, as US did a similar thing under George Bush. Other countries such as Russia and Japan have also said they will not make further cuts. India and Brazil agreed with the US with their idea to delay talks on a new global climate agreement until 2015, while the EU wants to have an agreement reached by that time. Many environmentalists have also been angry with the UK for supporting Canadian oil sands
Response: Countries are starting to put their economies over the environment again, and this is a classic case of short-term versus long-term benefits and detriments. However, this is a lot more difficult, because it's no use saving the world if it has descended into total bankruptcy and anarchy. It is also no use having a good economy for fifty more years and then dying of pollution. It's a balancing act, but most of the countries seem to be putting the short-term benefits in front of the long-term. Also, Canada is once again trying to keep healthy relations with the USA. Even though Canada has a fairly good reputation as being green, it is slowly falling apart with their oil sands trading with the UK and this recent backing out of the Kyoto Protocol. Canada should keep good relations with the US as they share the longest unbroken border between any two countries, but it is its own country so it might be beneficial (and good for its reputation) to stop trying to copy everything that the US is doing.
Vocabulary:
Word 1: delegate
a) "In the main conference hall, delegates heard South African President Jacob Zuma call for meaningful progress."
b) A person acting for another (as a representative to a convention or conference). Middle English delegat, from Medieval Latin delegatus, from Latin, past participle of delegare to delegate, from de- + legare to send. First Known Use: 15th century.
c) The Model UN delegates successfully participated in the Dehra Dun Model UN.
Word 2: secession
a) "But with 12 months notice needed to withdraw, and the current set of targets expiring at the end of next year, the timescale for a formal secession would make sense and would then put Canada in the same bracket formally as the US, which withdrew under President George W Bush."
b) Formal withdrawal from an organization. Latin secession-, secessio, from secedere. First Known Use: 1604.
c) The reason for the student's secession from Honor Council was clear; he had cheated on three biology tests.
Word 3: prairie
a) "Extracting oil from the tar deposits that spread across Canada's prairie provinces is much more energy-intensive than conventional oil drilling, and also uses huge amounts of water."
b) Land in or predominantly in grass. French, from Old French praierie, from Vulgar Latin *prataria, from Latin pratum meadow. First Known Use: circa 1682.
c) The student claimed to be from the prairies, when in fact he was from the mountains.
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