Can UN Climate Talks Stay Focused Amid Economic Downturn?

OSLO (Reuters) - The economic downturn will test the world's resolve to do more to fight global warming at 190-nation talks in Poland next week, but the election of Barack Obama as U.S. president should temper the gloom.

The December 1-12 meeting of 8,000 delegates in Poznan, Poland, will review progress in a two-year push to work out a sweeping new U.N. climate treaty by the end of 2009.

So far, many countries have promised to fight global warming despite fears of deep recession, but few have come up with deep cuts in emissions that the U.N. Climate Panel says are needed to avoid the worst of heatwaves, droughts and rising seas.

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Comments

[GoVeg]

The solution to global warming is going veg. 80 or up to 95 percent of global warming could be solved if the world went veg. Vegan world is heaven on earth.

[Exusian]

80 to 95 percent?

What are you smoking?

[GuyRC]

I thought Soylent Green was science fiction.

[KillTheMessenger]

Looks like the trolls are burning and nobody listens...

[paul m]

hey this looks like a great green way to protest.
Come on all climate change activist use your airports in the most effective way...

Protesters swarm Thai airport, takeoffs suspended
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/25/protesters-swarm-thai-air_n_146389.html

[wdw102]

i'll do my part and toss another log on the fire.......

[BSERIUS]

Great Britain ruled Al's Sci fi movie is sci fi... The weather channel admits it is not worthy of scientific discussion/// And we are supposed believe the UN has an iota of credibility?

[wdw102]

toss a log on the fire and stay warm

[Exusian]

"Great Britain ruled Al's Sci fi movie is sci fi"

Sheer and utter nonsense. Try reading the judge's decision.

"The weather channel admits it is not worthy of scientific discussion"

What do you expect when the founder of the channel is a steadfast denier of the science--and reality?