Archive for January 3rd, 2009
Burning Down Our House
Analysis by Stephen Leahy
QUEBEC CITY, Canada, Dec 15 (IPS)
The roof of our house is on fire while the leaders of our family sit comfortably in the living room below preoccupied with “political realities”.
That was essentially the message from 1,000 scientists from around the world along with northern indigenous leaders gathered in Quebec City for the International Arctic Change conference that concluded last weekend.
“Climate change and its impacts are accelerating at unexpected rates with global consequences,” delegates warned in a statement.
Presenting data from hundreds of studies and research projects detailing the Arctic region’s rapid meltdown and cascading ecological impacts, participants urged governments to take “immediate measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions”.
By happy coincidence, 190 governments were meeting at the same time in Poznan, Poland to do just that: reach an agreement on how much to reduce emissions from the burning of fossil fuels. Except that they decided to do nothing. Read the rest of this entry »
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