Beyond Zero Emission

On the last Saturday, I had a chance to meet some people from BZE, who introduced me to an idea of compiling a solution guide to our current climate woe. 

The problem with current approach to climate change is that when face with a daunting task, politicians immediately switch to business-as-usual mode and hence nothing is done. They end up doing little enough to win the next election, but in this case, it is often too little to have meaningful desirable outcome. One example comes to my mind, and that is Kevin's soft target of 5% emission reduction compared to 2000 level by 2020. 

So, if the government lacks a political will to do something we feel deeply about, what do we do? We must provide them with a step-by-step solution. By dividing emission target (which I like 100% reduction by 2020) into smaller set of achievable targets, we can hope to eliminate an initial shock. In doing so, BZE believes that it will provide a framework, which will allow us

1. to convince the government into action, as we have specific achievable short-term projects, which bureaucrats understand;
2. to initiate discussion among environmental organisations towards solutions; and
3. to inform the public and give them hope. 

Convinced by this idea and partly because I have enough of ranting, I decided to join the fun and contribute my crazy ideas. So, feel free to join in at BZE. They have meeting every fortnight.