20 November 2006

Climate talks end in failure

U.S. largely to blame. Quelle surprise!

Last week's climate talks in Nairobi ended in no real movement on any issues and the US position continues to be the biggest, if not the only, stumbling block. In order to demonstrate the spirit of openness and compromise that the American team brought to the talks I quote from Paula Dobriansky, head of the US delegation:"

The president is very committed to the policy and strategy which he has set forth...there are absolutely no plans to change current policy towards emissions"

I'm sure someone, somewhere has calculated the tonnes of CO2 emissions that were wasted just in air travel for delegates in order to accomplish absolutely nothing.

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