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Once the preserve almost exclusively of environmentalists and scientists,
2007 was the year when climate change went big business. After years of being
public enemy number one to green campaigners, business seems to have decided
that it too needs to work within a habitable climate. But this volte-face raises
some serious problems.
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In 2007, no one can deny that man-made climate change is
taking place. However, the commitment to mitigate and help the vulnerable to
adapt does not match the recognition of the disaster.
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A day after
the dramatic ending of the Bali climate talks, many are wondering if
the result was indeed the best outcome possible given the circumstances.
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Bali will soon join the ranks of places that have
served as milestones in the world of activism, such as Seattle, in the
United States, and Porto Alegre, in Brazil, for hosting the hugely
contentious two-week international conference on climate change that
just ended here.
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It's the second week of the UN Climate Change Conference and the air
is heavy with humidity, but despite being the rainy season, it hasn't rained
heavily in weeks. The world has a fever, and we're here to begin to bring the
temperature down before it's too late.
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"Growing the Economy through Global Warming Solutions" is a
series of papers written by experts in the fields of economics, public
policy, architecture, insurance, investment, transportation and
agriculture. The good news is that many of the solutions to global
warming are not only feasible, argues the report, but are economically
and socially beneficial.
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An eruption of trade justice and development activists brought a
contentious, World Trade Organization ministerial-like atmosphere to
the negotiations, which had formerly been marked by a civil if not
chummy relationship between government negotiators and climate
lobbyists.
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