In my opinion they are contributing to the very problem they aim to solve.
Two big climate conferences have been held in less than a month, both in idyllic, far-flung, holiday destinations — first Valencia, Spain, and now Bali. They were preceded by dozens of smaller gatherings. In Bangkok, Paris, Vienna, Washington, New York and Sydney, in Rio de Janeiro, Anchorage, Helsinki and the Indian Ocean island of Kurumba.
The U.N. estimates 47,000 tons of carbon dioxide and other pollutants will be pumped into the atmosphere during the 12-day conference in Bali, mostly from plane flights but also from waste and electricity used by air conditioners at five-star hotels lining palm-fringed beaches.
If correct, that is equivalent to what a Western city of 1.5 million people, like Marseilles, France, would emit in a day.
But real figure will be twice that, more like 100,000 tons, close to what the African country of Chad churns out in a year.
What say you?
2007-12-04
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