[Dawnsblood]

And where did they list combating global warming? Dead last.

[Jeff Chandler]

...lowest priority... global warming. This ranking caused some consternation among the European journalists at the press conference.

Har!

[givemELL]

I contest number 30 being on the list at all, and, upon reflection, doubt the effective application of any of the proposed problems’ solutions is possible or likely through existing world institutions based on their past and current perrformance. Productive results from this meeting should prove elusive.

[DoughtyOne]

Wouldn’t it be nice to be able to develop lists for nations like the United States to pump out billions of dollars for, and realize it will probably happen?

I’d just like to be able to develop a list of five things I’d like our government to do, and they’d tell me to go _ myself.

[happinesswithoutpeace]

“In fact, the climate change analysis presented to the panel found that spending $800 billion until 2100 would yield just $685 billion in climate change benefits.”

LOLZ. Bring me that study!

More like 4 trillion would yield $50 million. ; )

[goldstategop]

Yep. Its about spending money where the return is the most immediate and improves the quality of average people's lives. If we had unlimited funds, we could deal with global warming, too. Since we don't, we have to set priorities and the ones set by the Copenhagen Consensus promise to do the greatest amount of good for everyone on our planet today.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

[r-q-tek86]

ping

[Bommer]

Top 3 things to do to fix all worlds problems:

1) kill all the liberals
2) Kill all dictators and military junta leaders!
3) Wipe out everyone in the Middle East North, South, East and West of Israel.

Problems fixed!

[neverdem]

Thanks, bump for later

[Impy]

Why isn’t “lack of cash in Impy’s wallet” on this list?

[proudpapa]

The number one solution to most problems is....

...prayer.

[SunkenCiv]

The Climate Security Act?: Reject the ignorami
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review | Sunday, June 1, 2008
Posted on 06/01/2008 8:23:09 AM PDT by Delacon
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2024392/posts

[ModelBreaker]

Supplying the micronutrients vitamin A and zinc to 80 percent of the 140 million children who lack them in developing countries is ranked as the highest priority by the expert panel at the Copenhagen Consensus 2008 Conference.

95% of the vitamins would be converted into numbered Swiss bank accounts of the thugs who run the vitamin deficient countries. The other 5% would go to the kids of their henchmen.

The thugs would, in addition, learn how important the vitamins are and figure out a way to withhold existing sources from rival tribes.

If the countries that needed the vitamins had cultures and governance that permitted appropriate vitamins to be distributed in, say, bread or milk, to 95% of the population and a government willing to do so, their people wouldn't need the vitamins--they would already have them. The problem is dysfunctional countries with dysfunctional cultures and governance, not vitamin deficiencies.