SCHNEIDEREIT: Climate change conference train chugs in, out of Bonn | The Chronicle Herald

After two weeks of push and pull, argument and counter-argument, the more than 3,000 delegates from 183 countries finally, in the waning moments, agreed on ... a shrubbery! No, sorry, I meant an agenda. Oh yes, and a chair to lead discussions on a new global-emissions agreement by 2015.

If my tone seems to reflect a less-than-impressed take on all this, just wait: I’ve only started.

That’s because, hard as it might be to believe, there’s even less here than it appears...Meanwhile, the farce that is Kyoto II continues to suck up oxygen. Only the European Union and some smaller countries, representing just 15 per cent of worldwide GHGs (considerably less than China alone), have said they’re still on board for the next round of mandated Kyoto protocol legal limits.

What that means, however, is far from certain. The EU, wracked by debt, is struggling to keep the euro-zone alive. Just this week, a news report out of Germany suggested politicians there may dump their 40 per cent renewable energy goal — calling it too costly — and double down on nuclear, coal and natural gas.

Nothing focuses the mind like a hanging, English writer Samuel Johnson once said. However, given the current state of global climate talks — i.e., a mess — it’s hard to detect any sharp focus on emissions caps. Few leaders seem too concerned a date with a scaffold is imminent.

National Academy Of Sciences 1975 : Little Doubt Of Global Cooling | Real Science

But …. Tamino said that the modern era of global warming didn’t begin until 1975.

Global warming activist James Hansen has of course erased the 1910 to 1940 warmth.

Global Cooling In Chicago | Real Science

Chicago’s hottest day was 109 degrees on July 24, 1934. Chicago’s hottest night was 85 degrees on July 29, 1916. Illinois July temperatures have been on the decline since 1895, and particularly since the 1930s.