Climate change takes dark toll in death and destruction - The Irish Times - Wed, Jun 20, 2012

OPINION: Rio+20 must go beyond mere talk to stop a needless drift toward preventable disaster

IT SEEMS fitting that world leaders should gather in Rio de Janeiro to discuss the future of our planet, including the unresolved issue of climate change, shortly after the 100th anniversary of the Titanic’s sinking.

There are many similarities between our approach to the changing climate and the fateful journey. Both involve the needless drift towards preventable disaster. And both, the utterly avoidable deaths of very many people.

Perhaps the most fitting similarity is the fate of the poorest passengers on both journeys. The Titanic passengers in steerage, many Irish, made up the majority of people on board. Three-quarters of them died.

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Governments achieve early agreement at Rio summit : Nature News & Comment

Environmentalists immediately blasted the text and said that only heads of state and other high-level officials will be able to avert “colossal failure” by the time the UN Conference on Sustainable Development formally wraps up this Friday.