Saturday, October 24, 2009

[Mumbai: Ragpickers weigh in on whether air-drying your underwear in Peoria will prevent kidney stones in the people of Perth Amboy]
Mumbai: Over 350 representatives of people from various walks of life including ragpickers and displaced persons and homeless today shared their experiences about climate change and their expectations of government's stand at the global forum at Copenhagen in December.
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My room is freezing this morning, but I'm not turning the heater on, because Al Gore's wife's new ads told me to just wear a sweater.
Climate Craziness of the Week #1 « Watts Up With That?
His project: show the world that the arctic is melting by loading up the tiny island onto a barge and hauling it around.
[UN: We really need eleventy-zillion dollars per year, but since I like you and I'm in a good mood, the completely bogus charge is only 10,000 million dollars per year for now]
The UNFCCC Executive Director, Yvo de Boer said that though in the long run $200 billion per year would be needed for effective reduction in emission cut and another $100 [billion?] per year would be needed for adaptation, the member countries can do with a short-term funding of $10 billion. This would be a good beginning, he said.

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