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Al Gore arrives in Copenhagen
As international climate talks appeared in danger of disintegrating, Al Gore arrived to a rock star’s welcome in Copenhagen today.
If Copenhagen is the enviros' Woodstock, then Gore is The Who, the Grateful Dead and Creedence Clearwater Revival as a one-man band. The former vice president drew such a big crowd that security had to shut down access, with hundreds of unhappy activists left outside.
Inside the mobbed room, Gore watched as Danish and Norwegian officials presented a new scientific report that the sea levels are rising much faster than previous estimates.
“We can feel that global warming is coming to Copenhagen,” joked Jonas Gahr Stoer, Norway’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, alluding to the heat in the crammed room.
Danish Minister of Foreign Affairs Per Stig Moeller said the event, organized jointly by Denmark and Norway, delivered a “forceful message. . . that the time for collective action is now.”
Moeller also quoted the 19th century conservative British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli, saying that “to be conscious that you are ignorant is a great step to knowledge,” drawing a chuckle from Gore who, last week, traded barbs with Sarah Palin, describing her as a global warming “denier.”
The former vice president has scrapped a $1,200-a-head fundraiser for 3,000 guests scheduled for later in the week, to the dismay of Danish organizers.
Copenhagen Talks Resume after Boycott
After a boycott led by African nations early on Monday, the Copenhagen climate-change talks have resumed. The point of contention was over whether or not to keep the Kyoto protocol as part of a new deal or replace it with a new treaty.
The developing countries, including china, India, and Brazil, want to keep Kyoto because it requires poor nations to cut emissions less than developed ones; developed countries want to bind emerging economies to targets “We can never accept the killing of the Kyoto protocol,” said the chief delegate for Mali.
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