Al Gore Wants Quarterly Summits of Global Leaders On Climate Change

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Mr. Gore announced at the UN today that he would like to see leaders of the world meeting every three months until a new treaty to address climate change is worked out. And I can't think of a more qualified Global Environmental Ambassador to chair those meetings than Mr. Gore. We cannot continue business as usual is correct, Mr. Gore, and I do believe if world leaders work in concert with you to work out this new treaty and abide by it it will be one big step towards hopefully not running out the sustainability clock. I simply cannot see any such treaty being worked on and finalized without Mr. Gore's expertise being central to it.

Gore wants regular summits on global warming

By Jeff Mason

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The world's top leaders should meet every three months, starting next year, until a plan is drawn up to reduce emissions blamed for global warming, former U.S. Vice President Al Gore said on Monday.

Gore, who has made climate change his signature issue since leaving the White House, told a U.N. meeting that presidents and prime ministers should go to Bali this year for talks on a follow-up pact to the Kyoto Protocol, which runs out in 2012.

Traditionally, environment ministers or lower-level negotiators attend the annual UN climate change talks, but Gore said leaders should go from now on and then have follow-up meetings.

"I would like to propose...that the heads of state around the world call an emergency session of this gathering for the beginning of next year to review the results of Bali," he said.

They should "continue to meet at the head of state level every three months until a treaty is successfully arrived at," Gore said. "We cannot continue business as usual."

The Kyoto Protocol requires 36 industrial nations to cut greenhouse gas emissions by at least 5 percent from 1990 levels by 2012. Leaders from the Group of Eight industrialized nations pledged in June to find a follow-up deal for Kyoto by 2009.

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Former Vice President Al Gore speaks during a climate change lunch meeting at U.N. headquarters on Monday Sept. 24, 2007. (AP Photo/John Marshall Mantel)

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1. Another article

http://ca.today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=2007-09-24T220029Z_01_N23203340_RTRIDST_0_NEWS-CLIMATE-UN-COL.XML&archived=False

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2. As President he could make certain that happens.

;)

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3. Thank you for the links. n/t

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5. You're welcome n/t

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4. "We cannot continue business as usual."

Scary but oh so true. Yet, our media diverts our attention and winds us up about total crap!

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6. yes, there seem to be many groups looking to divert our attention

And it is now dangerous to our future.

[3waygeek]

7. And how do you compensate for all

the greenhouse gasses produced by all the government planes, limos, security vehicles, etc.?

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8. Well, this is the technology age

I dont't think he mentioned any specific method of meeting, just that it needs to be done, and he's correct.

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9. If he really cares he would run for President. I would change my support immediately.

I currently support Obama.

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11. "If he really cared he would run for president" is very unfair to him

I can't believe people can look at all he has done and accomplished and still accomplishes now and think he doesn' really care just because he isn't in the political muck. Perhaps it is because he DOES care that he chooses to devote all of his waking hours to solving this crisis. But great way to belittle his efforts.

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10. Quarterly summits of world leaders? Every three months??- That's an awful lot of jet fuel! /nt

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12. Who claimed all would be flying?

I would think there would be a more innovative way to network ideas.

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13. Thanks n/t