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2. My diagram shows what I thought was most important to address about the situation that occurred between the U.S and several other nations regarding global warming. First, I would like to mention that global warming has been an on-going issue and I thought it was important that the U.S took initiative to try to change this. Wanting to take charge, the U.S created the Copenhagen Accord. This address offered to solve many of the U.S issue when it came to global warming, but did not relate to the issues that other developing nations were going through. In order for the U.S to pass the Copenhagen Accord, they needed to get other nations on board, and they didn’t care how they did it. After manipulation, bribery, lies etc. the U.S got many nations to sign off on this deal. As I put in my diagram, the U.N was already on board. Late this espionage was leaked and I think this has a detrimental effect on the relations between the U.S and other countries. What the U.S did was unfair and never had the intention of helping the other nations only getting them to agree with what they had planned. Eventually, the plan did not work because the U.S lost the trust of the countries they needed most to support them.
3.I do believe that these cables had a right to be made public. Leaking the way the U.S was manipulating other countries just gave more insight to the way our government operates and we as citizens need to be aware of that. It was completely unfair the way the U.S tried to get their way especially because the Kyoto Protocol was already enacted, but they had to make a new law that they intentionally knew would not work for other developing countries. Those countries didn’t have the necessities that larger countries could get easily and I don’t believe the U.S had any intention of helping the other nations with that.The fact that this led to even a further lack of trust between all countries made things even worse. Global warming is a very serious matter and it needs to be addressed in the right way in order to solve it. Otherwise, it will never be solved. The U.S did not keep this in mind which in the end hurt everyone more than it would have if they would have seriously kept the needs of other countries in mind. Every country needs to be on board and participate in a way that suites them and they are able to contribute to the situation.
Hey Zoe my name is Molly and I found your post very interesting. I also agree with you that the cables being leaked to the public was actually good because this is something that we should be aware of. In this case, the U.S. was too selfish and only cared about getting people on board for their own benefit when they didn’t think about how other countries feel about climate change. Since the world is so large, every nation has their own opinion on what should be done in regards to green house emissions and unfortunately some countries don’t think that they should be reducing their green house emissions. It’s important for the U.S. to convince nations in ways that don’t put stress on relationships or create new problems. Overall, I really liked your post and your diagram was easy to follow. Here is the link to my post if you’re interested! http://geog030.dutton.psu.edu/2016/04/08/climate-change-5/
Hello Zoe, im Garrett and I liked your diagram. I thought it was very simple, and easy to read, and right to the point. I agree with you on several points when you describe your diagram. First i agree that the US didn’t have any other nations problems in their head when making the Copenhagen Accord, they were only looking after their problems. Secondly i agree that after the leak the other countries trust for the US was completely gone. The US is the nation that consumes the most, and wastes the most so solving our problems will have a positive effect on climate change, but we cannot force other countries to sign off on a law that doesn’t affect them the same way. I also agree that Climate Change will take everyone working together to make a solution. Great blog post and if you are so inclined check mine out here.
http://sites.psu.edu/geog30/2016/04/06/garrett-webster-climate-change/