[Economist Robert Stavins: For a guy who wants us to fear carbon dioxide, he sure seems to do a lot of fossil-fueled travel]

As I write this, I’m on board a flight from Seoul, South Korea, to San Francisco, California, on my way home to Boston, having spent the week of Harvard spring break meeting with senior government officials, academics, and leaders of civil society in Tokyo and Seoul on behalf of the Harvard Project on International Climate Agreements. Reflecting on these meetings in Asia and recalling meetings I’ve previously had in Brussels and Washington, some important opportunities and ironies about national and international climate policy come to mind.

[Judging by their actions, it almost seems like the First Family doesn't really believe that carbon dioxide may kill our grandchildren]

The First Lady and her daughters escaped to New York to catch a Broadway show while her husband stayed in Washington to fight for health care.

Michelle Obama - with Sasha, 8, and Malia, 11, and about a dozen other people in tow - took in the matinee performance of "Memphis" Sunday.

Security blocked off 44th Street outside the Shubert Theatre when their motorcade arrived.
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Last summer the First Kids were with their mom in London where they celebrated Sasha's birthday with "The Lion King."

[Global Sea Ice Area: As high now as it was when Jimmy Carter was President]