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Consensus on climate change report
Karl Malakunas
Fri, 04 May 2007
Climate change experts agreed on Friday on measures the world can take to combat global warming, following intense debate and marathon talks at a crucial UN conference in Thailand, participants said.
Scientists and other leading authorities from 120 nations finally achieved a consensus after an exhausting session that lasted from Thursday morning until 4.30am on Friday, French delegation chief Marc Gillet told AFP.
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One sticking point subject to debate until the end was a push by China to highlight that the rich world was responsible for the vast bulk of greenhouse gases that cause global warming, one European delegate said.
Another point of dispute was how much importance to give nuclear energy in the mix of new technologies that the world should depend upon as it moves away from fossil fuels that emit greenhouse gases, he said.
The report is the third and last from the IPCC this year, after the first two looked into the evidence and looming devastating impacts of global warming.
It is scheduled to be released to the public at a press conference at 1pm.
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G-dam it, the time to allow idiots like Glenn Beck (and enablers like CNN) to keep pretending there is a "debate" is OVER.
I know people on DU are concerned about global warming. Hell, many Conservatives I know are also. The problem we face now are the partisans who think they need to downplay/mislead about global warming to protect their partisam interests. Let's convince them that isn't the case....that the issue is non-partisan and as important as terrorism.