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Climate change brings world leaders together
Jordan News.Net
Tuesday 22nd September, 2009
Nearly 100 world leaders have met at a summit at the United Nations to discuss views on a global climate treaty, which will be thrashed out in Copenhagen later in the year.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon launched the unprecedented summit by telling leaders they hold the fate of future generations, in their hands.
He urged action for a successful deal in Copenhagen, including ambitious reduction targets from industrialised countries and commitments on emissions from developing ones.
He said it should also include financial and technological support for emerging countries.
US President Barack Obama, In his first speech before the United Nations, said the United States fully understands the serious threat of climate change and is ready to respond.
He said the US would continue to invest in alternate forms of clean and renewable energy, such as wind and solar power, and would reduce carbon pollution.
He also pointed to efforts to pass important climate legislation in the US Congress.
China's President Hu Jintao announced plans to cut emissions significantly by 2020, and to vigorously develop renewable and nuclear energy.
The United States and China are each responsible for about one-fifth of carbon emissions worldwide.
One of the most upsetting calls for world action was from President Mohamed Nasheed of the Maldives, who said his island nation would be sunk by rising sea levels if Copenhagen talks fail.
He said: "If things go business-as-usual, we will not live, we will die. Our country will not exist. We cannot come out from Copenhagen as failures. We cannot make Copenhagen a pact for suicide. We have to succeed and we have to make a deal in Copenhagen."  Email this story to a friend
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Manfred Zysk, M.E.
09-22-09, 10:42 PM |
World leaders give their positions on climate change
GLOBAL CLIMATE CRISIS FACTS
BY: MANFRED ZYSK, M.E.
September 22, 2009
A Global Climate Crisis is when weather and climate conditions cause long-term changes to our environment, worldwide droughts, flooding, food supply shortages, and when these climate changes have an effect on the overall life for every person on this planet, and effect future generations. NY Times 9/13/2009. Mexico is enduring its worst drought in six decades. Crops are drying up in the fields and water is being rationed in the capitol. 40% of the farmland has been affected by the drought per government inspectors. Guatemala declared
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Michael Kerjman
09-22-09, 10:46 PM |
Climate Change Positive Impact
Bringing leaders together is a very positive impact of a natural process climate change is: www.helium.com/items/1558163-carbon-tax-global-effect-internationally
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Moravian Fisherman
09-23-09, 06:27 AM |
The good old days!
I liked it much better when the Climate Change crowd said it we were going into a new ice age. Images of snow blowing all over and people freezing was much more entertaining. Not too many people remember all that, way back in the 70’s and 80’s. Fact is most people don’t really remember anything. Maybe the elite are right, maybe we are too stupid to figure out what they’re doing. There’s more polar ice now than in the last 30 years. They point at the north pole in the northern hemisphere’s summer and say
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Moravian Fisherman (MF)
09-23-09, 06:28 AM |
oh yeah
Antarctica and say
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Unregistered1
09-23-09, 08:54 PM |
Global warming offset by Global dimming
The polution index is shielding the planet from the effects of the sun as the pan evapouration rate shows. It’s ironic that if we clean the air to fast we could reach a tipping point with global warming! So we must act but in a smart & science oriented manner; sadly I still think we don’t have enough power over corporations to succeed.
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