Naomi Klein- Climate Debt (Part 1)

Feb. 25, 2010 - Naomi Klein gives a lecture on the issue of climate debt, organized by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives http://policyalternatives.ca

The event was media sponsored and livebroadcast by http://rabble.ca

This was the first in a series of lectures in honour of David Lewis (19091981), a leading labour lawyer, life-long social democrat, a founder of the NDP and its national leader from 1970 to 1975.

The lecture series will focus on issues that were important to David Lewis: social democracy, organized labour, and income inequality.

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• climate debt
• Naomi Klein
• CCPA
• Haiti
• IMF
• climate change
• climate justice

[H204Real]

From a CLUB OF ROME REPORT, The First Global Revolution. Differs slightly between 1991 ed., and the 1993 reprint by Alexander King & Bertrand Schneider:

"In searching for a new enemy to unite us, we came up with the idea that pollution, the threat of global warming, water shortages, famine and the like would fit the bill. All these dangers are caused by human intervention, and it is only through changed attitudes and behavior that they can be overcome. The real enemy then, is humanity itself.

[iamdingles]

@keithmlarsen umm, we do know that keithmlarsen. Those of us who don't know that are so afraid of the available evidence, so afraid that we might be doing something wrong and therefore we might have to change. and god forbid, not consume so much. if you're not convinced that people are fueling the problem i say, what makes you so sure? even if you're 99% sure we aren't do you want to take the risk? do we need to be so rich while others are so poor? the environment doesn't preclude people!

[bimmjim]

Naomi implies that our leaders are incompetent and I agree. As a citizen in a democracy, when you vote, you are hiring an employee, a servant. We citizens should give the candidates a battery of tests to see if they are competent. . . Watch the committee meetings on CPAC to learn how dumb our MPs are.

[MrMick73]

@ytlvr The upper atmosphere leaks into space . Thats the argument , DOES CO2 trap heat ? Many dont believe so , I dont.  I believe the output of the SUN heats the planet but I could be worng , the SUN might actually cool the planet , but that would be JUST friggen stupid to say the SUN COOLS the planet so you must agree , the sun heats the planet , not c02. You must probably also have to agree that the axis of the earth and its wobbly orbit in space would probably effect the reaction with SUN

[david222444]

Utter rubbish- let us have 500 ppm co2. Atmospheric co2 enrichment benefits all life on the Planet. Carbon dioxide is a harmless atmospheric gas, heavier than air that tends to hug ground levels where it is absorbed by plants to produce sugar and hence our food.

[david222444]

@MrMick73 Wrong! there is enough oil and shale gas to keep the world supplied in energy for hundreds of years.

[MrMick73]

Global Warming is a scam to hide the fact that Oil is running out . The governments of the world want too tax you so you consume less and dont use as much oil.

Gloabl Warming snow in Europe and USA proves the earth is cooling , not Warming.

Think Carbon tax, Think Peak OIL.

[AntiNWOMusic]

Climate change is real, it has been for the whole of the existence of the planet.

Go research geological eviodence for co2 levels and temperature data spanning thousands of years not just the convenient curve from the last 150.

Go research solar activity and its effects on weather and global temperature.

Go research the evidence of fraud from climategate, read the actual emails plotting to prevent studies from being published and manipulating statistical data.

CO2 TAX IS A FRAUD

[AntiNWOMusic]

@iamdingles

Can you be 99% sure you wont get run over the next time you cross a road? Does that you mean you will play safe and stay indoors your whole life?

Here's what we do know 100%.

The people selling us the "manmade co2 climate change myth" have:

a) Fabricated statistical evidence

b) Lied about WMD

c) Lied about the Afghan war

d) Enabled banks to steal billions

e) Hold significant interests in renewable energy companies and co2 trading

f) Dont give a damn about real environmental issues

[Connor680]

utter nonsense! Sorry I tended to like her but the theory of man-made climate change is NOT backed by science no matter what IPCC tells us.