As U.N. Meets on Climate [Swindle], Momentum May Be Elusive - Andrew Revkin - NYTimes.com
The world leaders who are meeting at the United Nations to discuss climate change on Tuesday, are faced with an intricate challenge: building momentum for an international climate treaty at a time when global temperatures have been stable for a decade and may even drop in the next few years.Prince Charles urges people to abandon car in favour of walking and public transport - Telegraph
The plateau in temperatures has been seized upon by skeptics as evidence that the threat of global warming is overblown.
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...in the Arctic, an extraordinary summer retreat of sea ice in 2007 has been followed by less substantial losses and projections by some researchers of a possible, if temporary, recovery.
The Prince of Wales is urging people to give up their cars in favour of walking and public transport to try to reduce carbon emissions.[Failed Arctic kayaker to try new climate hoax promotion stunt]
British endurance swimmer and environmental campaigner, Lewis Gordon Pugh, is attempting the most extreme challenge – to undertake a swim under the summit of Mount Everest - to continue to raise awareness of climate change.Flashback: Alarmist kayaker already "stuck" in ice at 80.52397 degrees N
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In 2008 Lewis Gordon Pugh and Robbie Hedgus kayaked from the Island of Spitsbergen (in northern Europe) across the Arctic Ocean, into the polar ice packs. The journey, across some of the most dangerous seas in the world, highlighted how thin the sea ice has become in recent years and the dangers of climate change both in the Arctic and across the world.
Of course, The Reference Frame wishes them a pleasant weather for the 1,000 km (90% of the trip) remaining to the North Pole, a safe trip back to their homes, and a successful brain transplantation afterwords.
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