Who counts?
I was asked by David Miller of the BBC this morning why Scotland should be represented here in Copenhagen? Wasn’t Scotland irrelevant when it only contributed 1/700th of global emissions? I explained that we were only irrevelant if we use that kind of measure to gauge our contribution to the global issue – not the right thing to do. We must all act as one world because someone else’s emissions are someone else’s problem. This isn’t about Scotland; it’s about the world and how we can all help one another. Evangelical? Yes, but it’s the truth.
Onwards to the Mogens Dahl Koncertsal, the venue for our Low Carbon Mission, where the British Council are already in session with their Carbon masters, experts on working within a low carbon economy. These young people are the future, working without waiting for the starting gun which so many others appear to be waiting to fire. They are thinking about the big questions which many seem scared to ask; working out how the world will look in the very near future. I am very much looking forward to having discussions with them and listening to their dissemination of the Climate Change (Scotland) Act which they will be holding during our sessions here later today.
(I must say this venue is truly wonderful and perfect for our purposes, particularly when latest reports are that the queue to get in to the Bella Centre is three hours long!)
