In the ongoing meeting at Copenhagen Obama Administration has rightly asked for "transparency" of any operational agreement on climate change.
For an agreement to be operational it needs verification so that everybody knows that they are complying with the agreed reduction of carbon emissions.
There is a deadlock in talks at Copenhagen summit on this question. Indian Prime Minister is yet to arrive.
Obama Administration has been going on in direct direction and with spirit. The reason for transparency is obviously known to all. Every country should not hesitate to make themselves available for inspection. If that happens then some rogue countries will never have an opportunity to cheat the International community. Countries which do not agree for this type of proposal should not only be looked upon cautiously but also its goods and services should be banned from imports. Trading with this country should be totally stopped in any manner. The more you trade goods with these type of countries, the more they go for produce of those goods and services and the more they do pollution to the atmosphere.
Gibbs said that the United States has put an aggressive range on the table for a reduction in carbon dioxide from America's economy. "We have, in conjunction with others, set forward some short-term financing goals that we believe internationally can be met to help some developing countries," he said.
"We've worked with India and China to bring them along in enunciating strong targets for reducing the carbon intensity in their economies," Gibbs said.
"Leaders representing developing and developed nations all over the world, coming to Copenhagen, gives an opportunity for some of those issues to be resolved and a breakthrough to happen," he added. When asked about the bottlenecks coming in the way of the success of the climate change summit and the US position on it, Gibbs said: "We have very specific concerns, and I think they're fairly common-sense".
The American people and, quite frankly, anybody in the world could understand, Gibbs said adding "If we are going to enter into an operational agreement, we have to understand and be able to determine whether each of the people involved in that operational agreement is living up to the aspects of that agreement by finding out through transparency whether each of us is keeping up our end of the bargain.
If people are serious about coming to an agreement, then taking up and approving a commonsense measure like transparency is a pretty simple way of moving past what some have said is a big hurdle, he argued.
President Obama has worked hard to get an agreement and certainly hopes that he would leave Copenhagen having made that progress, he said.
"We saw similar actions taken by the Indians as were taken by the Chinese in the lead up to this -- a target, again, that was unclear whether they would enunciate prior to going to Copenhagen, for a reduction in the carbon intensity of their economy, a specific commitment to attend the conference and to try to seek a solution for those issues," he said.
From all the above it is quite understandable the position U.S. has taken. The future talks in Copenhagen is likely to revolve around this transparency.
We people around the world too need to support this kind of agreements. Countries further to entering into agreements should seriously start implementing new technology in their countries which would pave way of reducing in carbon emission. It is the financial part that countries are viewing to be their stumble block in proceeding on this line.
Apart from governments we too on our part could give a helping hand for establishment of industries which are environmental friendly.
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