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Copenhagen talks

We need not get disheartened over the manner in which the climate summit ended at Copenhagen. The coming together of nations with diverse opinions and objectives is in itself an achievement. The meet created a worldwide awareness on the consequences of global warming, the disaster waiting to happen unless everybody on both sides of the divide — the developed and the developing countries — act. The process will hasten the urgency to come to an international agreement on fair and equitable emission cuts sooner than later.

A. Thirugnanasambantham,

Coimbatore

The world received the long-awaited declaration from the summit meeting of 192 countries after two weeks of intense deliberations at Copenhagen. Instead of devising ways to save the world from greenhouse gases, the U.S. President and four developing countries came out with an accord that offers no solution to the problem of climate change. I am reminded of a joke on scientific workshops which describes them as meetings of experts who are incapable of doing anything individually and deliberate jointly for several days to conclude that nothing can be done.

R. Jeyarajan,

Coimbatore

Cuban leader Fidel Castro’s “The truth of what happened at Copenhagen” (Dec. 22) was a fantastic summing up of what actually transpired in one of the most important global summits of recent times. The veteran revolutionary’s reflections exposed the dubious role played by the U.S. That the climate summit looked upon by millions the world over with concern, hopes and expectations was sought to be ultimately hijacked by the imperialist interests is utterly shocking.

S.V. Venugopalan,

Chennai

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