Pessimism and deadlock dominate as Bonn climate [scam] talks kick off - 11 Aug 2009 - BusinessGreen.com

The latest round of UN climate change talks kicked off in Bonn, Germany today, as UN officials voiced growing pessimism that the negotiations to agree a meaningful successor to the Kyoto Treaty at a meeting in Copenhagen later this year are falling dangerously behind schedule.
...Moreover, US negotiators said they will not sign up to any deal unless all large emitters, including China and India, are on board.
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His comments come as UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon warned yesterday that the world was risking catastrophe if it failed to deliver a robust deal in Copenhagen.

"If we fail to act, climate change will intensify droughts, floods and other natural disasters," he said at an environmental forum near Seoul, South Korea. "Water shortages will affect hundreds of millions of people. Malnutrition will engulf large parts of the developing world. Tensions will worsen. Social unrest – even violence – could follow."

Roger Pielke Jr.'s Blog: Signs that the Mainstream Climate Debate has Lost Touch with Reality

Speaking in Korea at the World Environment Forum 2009 UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon has given a speech that is remarkable for its over-the-top rhetoric and also its disconnect from anything resembling reality. He starts with an apocalyptic warning...
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If Moon's rhetoric is even noted in the mainstream climate debate it will be applauded, and certainly not critiqued. Is it any wonder that climate policy is such an utter mess?

NEW STUDY: NO EVIDENCE THAT GLOBAL WARMING HAS INCREASED TROPICAL STORMS, HURRICANES

A NOAA-led team of scientists has found that the apparent increase in the number of tropical storms and hurricanes since the late 19th and early 20th centuries is likely attributable to improvements in observational tools and analysis techniques that better detect short-lived storms.  [Via Benny Peiser]