But if natural factors are increasingly seen as the major drivers of climate change, won't CO2 extortion become more difficult?

Upcoming conferences on the international law of climate change « International Law Observer

Climate change is obviously high up on the international agenda at the moment. Attention is firmly focussed on inter-governmental negotiations towards an agreement to replaced the climate change regime under the existing Kyoto Protocol which will expire in 2012. In this regard, two academic conferences on the international law of climate change will take place in the next month to discuss potential future developments in this dynamic field of law.

New Zealand: 'Bizarre' weather hits stonefruit growers - Rural - Marlborough Express

"We have been growing stone fruit since 1978 and it has to be the most bizarre period of weather we have seen."

He said that the prolonged cold and wet spell was unusual.

"Bees require some warmth and not rain to work," he said.