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Bali climate conference has started

Today, the 11-day conference has started that should prepare the way to a post-Kyoto protocol treaty. Most notable quote (source: AP):

"One of the stumbling blocks so far has been the fear of economic hardship," said Indonesian Environment Minister Rachmat Witoelar, the host of the Bali meeting. "Though the cost will be significant ... it's insignificant compared to the damage that uncontrolled climate change will wreak." Read on...

"UN panel gives dire warming forecast"

From Yahoo News:

"Climate change imperils "the most precious treasures of our planet," he said, and the effects are "so severe and so sweeping that only urgent global action will do. We are all in this together. We must work together."

The whole article is unfortunately no longer available since Yahoo doesn't store the news forever. The orignal link was http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071118/ap_on_sc/climate_change_conference


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