Maathai: Climate change is the biggest challenge of all time 23/09/09

Nobel Laureate Wangari Maathai is urging world leaders to make a fair deal at the upcoming Climate Change meeting in Copenhagen to help countries deal with the effects of climate change. Maathia who was addressing a climate change meeting at the UN Headquarters in New York Termed Climate change as the biggest challenge of all time

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[cjauregui10]

When you review the scientific papers out there you find that nothing has done more to "GREEN" the planet over the past few decades than elevated levels of atmospheric CO2 together with moderate sun-driven warming of the planet. If you should doubt this assertion, simply Google "Biological Effects of Carbon Dioxide Enrichment" and "Solar Inertial Motion (SIM) model of global warming". "Why have environmental groups and our government turned this obvious gift of nature on its head?"

[siasabora]

annoying then how they'll drag us to the table and make us feel guilty for picking up firewood in our backyards...they'll not let 3rd World own energy nuclear reactors even, how else do we cook then? in the sun? Congo and Amazon forests are intact I suppose.

[jameskiptoo]

You are right, the so called industrialized nations have been pumping shit gasses into the atmosphere since the industrial revolution and now they want us to join the climate change bandwagon yet we are still in pre-medieval age. I bet you one major commercial building or skyscraper in the US could be consuming energy equivalent to North eastern and Eastern provinces combined. It is just not a fair game.

[siasabora]

It's apparent that the West would like to credit third world with almost all major catastrophes real and imagined...yet capitalism and in the last few decades China have been pumping hot gases in huge amounts into the atmosphere.

I agree with you!

[jameskiptoo]

In my opinion therefore, it is inconsequential for developing countries, especially in Africa to tag onto the asses of industrialized nations in this debate.

[siasabora]

Hahahaha gimme a minute will get on to that in a little while and yes I am there in fb.

[jameskiptoo]

I can assure you the impact of third world countries on a scale of one to ten is 0.00000000001 combined. If Kyoto Protocol was anything to go be the Joint Implementation and Technology Transfer mechanisms of the Kyoto agenda would have lifted developing countries out of poverty. If Climate change is real, it is 99% a function of industrialized nations. Either way developed countries are fucked... That aside, whats your FB ID out of curiosity and brotherhood.

[siasabora]

Third world countries too are fueling climate change. Rapid population growth, poverty and encroachment on their remaining natural habitats.

[jameskiptoo]

It will be interesting to see if something new will come out climate change rhetoric in Copenhagen given the new faces in world leadership stage with the likes of Obama, Gordon Brown, Kevin Rudd. I highly doubt.