"If not us, then who? If not now, then when?"

The lead negotiator for the Philippines at the Climate Conference in Doha, Naderev Saño, could not keep back the tears as he made a passionate appeal for real action on climate change.

"I appeal to all, please, no more delays, no more excuses. Please, let Doha be remembered as the place where we found the political will to turn things around...

The outcome of our work is not about what our political masters want. It is about what is demanded of us by 7 billion people...

I ask of all of us here, if not us, then who? If not now, then when? If not here, then where?"

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[jffryh]

The world is controlled by idiot American voters who believe Earth is only 6000 years old and expect "rapture" as reward for supressing thier homosexual desires.

[Michaelneiss]

Quotes from an interview with Naderev Saño (the Philippine delegate) after his dramatic appeal at the UN Climate Conference: "This was the 16th typhoon this year. [...] Each destructive typhoon season costs us 2% of our GDP, and the reconstruction costs a further 2% [...] You feel frustrated when the UN process does not work. We always go to the brink in the negotiations. [...] It is a clear sign of planetary and economic and environmental dysfunction."

[Source: The Guardian, UK, 2012-12-07]

[Cody Banister]

See, I wouldn't say that. The majority of the American people are normal people that just want to have the best future for themselves and their children.

The problem is that the minority - the one you see and hear about and that quickly becomes the 'average American' - are very vocal and loud about their beliefs, desperately trying to get anyone they can to listen to them. Believe me, we try to ignore them just as much as the rest of the world.

[marumito]

everything went down ever since the FED reserve was created. Imminent domain was erected and the IRS was elected. lolz..

[marumito]

most of them are apathetic and retarded anyways who live in the United states of Amnesia...

[marumito]

The Name says it all - UN means Useless Nations pretending to solve each and every world problem to no avail. the UN should be dismantled! it's really no use to go this route every year just to end with nothing... better to have independent sovereign nations who have the political will to do the right thing in terms of climate change!

[marumito]

And those pathetic Pro-business and Big money gainers cloaked as environmental leaders of change Clapped in Unison! Pathetic! after a great speech made by a real person who witness tragedy every single day... DIE LOSERS!

[1000frolly]

After initializing and parametrizing hundreds of multidimensional datasets,inserting decentred proxy data and ignoring any difficult natural forcing factors,we ran hundreds of simulations until we obtained the results we wanted–an ensemble of meaningless projections,which we then averaged.We utilized a liberally unprincipled component analysis to homogenize and sensitize this to produce a hockey stick,which gave an unequivocal prediction,(95%+probability) that we are totally screwing all of you

[gabobo123]

yeahh the rest of us are desperately trying to change that.

[timespentinhell]

ughhh. seriously?