Frustrations show as climate [swindle] talks resume - SignOnSanDiego.com
The U.N. process "is growing increasingly irrelevant," Papua New Guinea delegate Kevin Conrad told the conference Monday, suggesting a rule change allowing for a vote on crucial issues as a last resort if a consensus proves out of reach. The proposal met swift objections and was referred to closed-door consultations.Flashback: Papua New Guinea, lauded by Revkin for heroically pressuring the US to save the world from CO2, now denounced by Greenpeace for corruption and illegal logging
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About 25 heads of government or state also will attend, but neither President Barack Obama nor Chinese Premier Hu Jintao, two key players, will be among them.
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"Climate change is beginning to make us pay for the fatal errors we as humanity have committed against the environment," Calderon said.
PNG is a leading member of the Coalition of Rainforest Nations, of which Dr Temu’s boss, Prime Minister Sir Michael Somare, is co-chair. At last year’s climate conference in Bali, Kevin Conrad, PNG’s representative, advanced the REDD plan for paying villagers to leave natural rainforests untouched, gaining global notoriety for challenging the United States to “lead, follow or get out of the way”.Flashback: Climate Change - Bali Climate Talks - Kevin Conrad - Papua New Guinea - NYTimes.com
Mr. Conrad, 39, was born in the United States to Papuan parents but grew up in Wewak on New Guinea’s northern coast. He studied finance at top American universities, worked in investment banking and lives with his family in the New York City area. Besides representing New Guinea in climate talks, he runs the Rainforest Coalition, a group formed by tropical countries seeking compensation for the benefits of not cutting their forests.
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I went to high school with Kevin and I can assure you that his parents are Americans. They were working in Papua New Guinea, but they are not Papuans as stated in your post.
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