Preparing for "failure"

Risks mount for global warming fight: UN

LONDON/BARCELONA (Reuters) - The struggle against climate change must not follow world trade talks into limbo as risks mount that the credit crisis will sap commitment to the fight, the U.N. climate chief said on Monday.

Yvo de Boer said he was worried about the impact of the credit crisis on international action to fight climate change, as U.S. and European governments pour cash into keeping commercial banks afloat.

"You can only spend a dollar or a euro once," he said.

May '06: McCain on AGW

I have focused on gasoline prices, but we also must turn our attention to the critical issue of global warming. Climate change is real and is having a major impact on our way of life. For many years, we have heard about the impacts of climate change. We were told that they would first manifest themselves in the Polar regions. I have visited the Polar regions and found these claims to be true. I have seen first hand the impacts on the people of the Arctic region. As we speak, they are fighting against the impacts of climate change to maintain their way of life.

Several years ago, Senator Lieberman and I started the fight to get climate change legislation passed. We sought to establish a cap and trade system to reduce the emission of greenhouse gases. Our proposal would achieve these reductions through the use of a market-based trading system. Twice we have forced votes on our legislation and twice we have failed. Despite our failures, we will continue our fight to get meaningful legislation passed.

While there are still a few skeptics of climate change, the evidence supporting the cause of rising global temperatures as human-induced is overwhelming. Almost any credible organization will tell you that the evidence is growing and becoming clearer every day.