[Brett66]

But perhaps its sincere concerns about combating the threats raised by global warming will prompt it to push harder to expand freedom and promote good governance and transparency around the world.

Bwahaaahaa! Your killing me doc.......

[USS Alaska]

"At this conference, demands for unrealistic and economically harmful cuts in greenhouse gases, such as those outlined in the Kyoto Protocol, have been blunted. Instead, consideration is being given among delegates, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), bureaucrats, and politicians to bolstering adaptive capacity."

The bureaucrats are giving up on kyoto {they know we ain't playing in their sandbox} so now they have come up with "adaptive capacity". This is a subjective set of numbers that will allow them to assign a country "good or bad" numbers. Bullship. Who gives a rat's butt.