The climate blame game | The Rational Optimist…

Now the scientist has two options. He can say in a paper that a lot of Arctic birds die due to `factors related to weather' and bask in perpetual obscurity. Or he can slip in, just before the word `weather', the phrase `climate and'.

Kazam!

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The Hindu : Front Page : ‘Only serving government officials on climate talks team'

NEW DELHI: India's climate change negotiating team will consist of only serving government officials from now on, if Union Minister of State for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh has his way.

In recent years, retired civil servants have been key negotiators in international climate change talks, with the former diplomat, Chandrasekhar Dasgupta, and the former Environment Secretary, Prodipto Ghosh, seen as the most experienced members of the team.