The Devil's Kitchen: Increasing desperation

Gordon Brown is becoming increasingly unhinged—his latest pronouncements on climate change have more than a tinge of lunatic hysteria to them.

Why Global Warming Activists HATE The Idea Of A Geo-Engineering Solution To Global Warming

But to understand it, first you have to realize why global warming is the perfect global malady from the perspective of the left.

You see, global warming is a special problem, and it sits right at the sweet spot of all kinds of politically charged issues...

FT.com / In depth - UN climate negotiator knocks full treaty hopes

The Copenhagen climate change conference will not produce a new international treaty, the top United Nations climate change official has said, but the meeting will set out the political framework for cutting greenhouse gas emissions.

“A fully fledged new international treaty under the [UN Framework] Convention [on Climate Change] – I do not think that is going to happen,” Yvo de Boer, charged with bringing December’s negotiations to a successful conclusion, said in an interview with the Financial Times. “If you look at the limited amount of time remaining to Copenhagen, it’s clear.”
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Mr de Boer said he did not believe rich countries were willing to see the poor world struggle to deal with climate change alone and warned that postponing agreement from Copenhagen to next year would be disastrous.

“Failure at Copenhagen really means ending up with nothing, because it will mean less confidence in this multilateral process and it will mean that new political priorities emerge on the horizon.

“I can just see it getting more and more difficult, not easier.”

Sept 26, '09: The Associated Press: de Boer was "confident"

U.N. climate chief Yvo de Boer told The Associated Press on Friday that negotiations were far behind where they should be. But he said he remained confident a deal would be reached in Copenhagen.