October 15th is Blog Action Day where bloggers around the world take on one topic. This year the topic is climate change.
It is interesting to me that both Australia and the US have recently reversed positions on this issue which the change from a conservative government to a progressive one in both countries in the last 2 years. Kevin Rudd, the Australian Prime Minister, made signing the Kyoto Protocol his first act of government just hours after being sworn in as Prime Minister in December 2007.
In this country, President Obama has come under criticism from many environmental groups for not doing the same thing as Prime Minister Rudd and signing the Kyoto Protocol. Recent talks in Bangkok actually criticized both the US and Australia for trying dissolve the Kyoto Protocol.
This may all be a mute point as there is a big UN climate change summit happening in Copenhagen in December. Australia, the US and most nations of the world will be there. It will be interesting to see if something productive comes out of these talks, and if Australia and the US can agree with Europe and the rest of the industrialized world on a course of action for climate change. Fingers crossed.
