After dangerous lull, war on climate change faces crunch year (enviroNuts look to 2009, new treaty)

AFP on Yahoo ^ | 12/15/08 | Richard Ingham and Marlowe Hood

[NormsRevenge]

POZNAN, Poland (AFP) – After a year in which it nearly lost its compass, the campaign against climate change heads into 2009 needing top-level political commitment, creative thinking and a deep well of money.

Next year holds a big dream: by its end, the world will have forged a treaty in Copenhagen to shrink global warming from mankind-threatening juggernaut to manageable problem.

Unprecedented in scale and complexity, this accord, due to take effect from 2012, will rein in the greenhouse gases that stoke global warming and throw a lifeline to poor countries exposed to mutated weather patterns.

But realising this vision will now require extraordinary effort.

Climate change became the buzzword of 2007, when UN scientists published a bible-sized report spelling out perils from rising seas, drought, flood and storms, an achievement that earned them, with green guru Al Gore, the Nobel Peace Prize.

In 2008, the issue began to fade and almost vanished completely when the world financial crisis struck.

Compared with demands to muster trillions of dollars and save millions of jobs, climate change suddenly looked to many politicians like a threat beyond the horizon.

Global warming only made its return to the world agenda towards year's end.

Barack Obama, newly elected, promised to bulldoze President George W. Bush's controversial climate policies. He vowed to set binding caps to drive down US emissions of greenhouse gases and stage a return to the global arena after eight years of isolation.

[NormsRevenge]

Next year holds a big dream: by its end, the world will have forged a treaty in Copenhagen to shrink global warming from mankind-threatening juggernaut to manageable problem.

[NormsRevenge]

a day old piece of cheese, didn’t see it posted. eek

[rightinthemiddle]

It’s amazing how so many can be fooled by so few.

Climate Change is the biggest scam in the history of the modern world.

[keithtoo]

Big Science is as corrupt as Big Gov, but I’m being redundant.

[Venturer]

Somebody stands to make a barrel of money over this Global Warming, Climate Change, Carbon Credit, Cap and Trade scam.

And it IS a scam.

Now not being a scientist and probably not even being very bright, I cannot see where it helps anyone, to allow a plant that is harming the atmosphere to remain harming the atmosphere if they buy credits from somewhere that isnt harming the atmosphere.

Take the money that would be used to buy Carbon credits and invest it in cleaning up the offending plant. I realise that Al Gore and his carbon credit company wouldnt get rich that way, but at least those people who live near the plant could breathe easier.

[USFRIENDINVICTORIA]

Headlines from 2018:

“Carbon Credit Crunch: Bush’s Fault

“Hot Air Bubble Burst: Bush’s Fault

“Carbon Offset Market: Off the Cliff: Bush’s fault”

“Global Warming Cools: Bush Blamed For Unnecessary Panic”

[Edgerunner]

Carbon Dioxide is NOT a pollutant!

[DustyMoment]

After a year in which it nearly lost its compass, the campaign against climate change heads into 2009 needing top-level political commitment, creative thinking and a deep well of money.

Fortunately, Obama was elected Emperor of the World and will (single-handedly, mind you!) cure the Earth's Glow Bull Warming problem by . . . . . . . (TBD)!

[TigersEye]

Tain't no greenhouse warming.

No Smoking Hot Spot (The Australian)

[CarWashMan]

“a deep well of money.” Whose money? Maybe the 50%(and shrinking) who actually pay taxes.

[Reeses]

UN scientists published a bible-sized report

Bible is right. For a new religion to be successful it needs to follow the classic formula closely. Believers wouldn't take their bible seriously if was too long or too short.

[steelyourfaith]

 

Beam me to Planet Gore !