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Fossil of the Day for Nov 30th – Day 2 – #COP16

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The world famous fossil of the day returns for the UNFCCC COP16 Climate Talks taking place in Cancun, Mexico.

Japan wins the 1st place Fossil of the Day for reasons outlined below:

“When leadership is needed most, the home country of the Kyoto Protocol made a destructive statement in the AWGK plenary yesterday. It factually rejected the second commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol by saying Japan will not inscribe its targets under the Kyoto Protocol under any conditions or under any circumstances. Preferring a single treaty approach is one thing, but aggressively denying the future of Kyoto in open plenary is another.”

OneClimate will be broadcasting live from the talks – you can take part here – http://www.oneclimate.net/cancun

via YouTube – Fossil of the Day – Day 2 – Cancun, Mexico COP16 Nov 30th.

Why does it always have to be Chas?

This morningâ€™s Telegraph leads with the story of Prince Charles giving theÂ warning that we have â€œless than 100 months to save the worldâ€œ.

Wonder what sort of crisis would it take to get a mainstream politician to make a similarly unequivocal statementÂ – one which in the light of new data emerging now on an amost daily basis is, after all, hardly scientifically controversial?

As long as the public continues to doubt the climtate science, as IPSOS Mori polls show they do, politicians remain reluctant to call a stick a stick – though to move swiftly from one metaphor to another, itâ€™s unclear in this case which is the egg and which is the chicken.

In such circumstances, itâ€™s not surprising that the undemocratic medium of green custard will continue to be used.

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