U.N. climate conference reached a hard-fought agreement!!!

[spacejamz]

That money was to keep people alive in regions that don't produce anything. The money would have been better served relocating them to somewhere that isn't death as far as you can see.

So they stayed alive to repeat the cycle for another generation so their children will be in the EXACT same position?? Actually, they are in a worse position because now there are more children competing for even less resources...(food, housing, water, etc)...

It seems like now that every natural disaster is causing billions of dollars of damage...how can the world (i.e., the US), afford to keep giving money away when it is desperately needed at home?

 

[Texashiker]

That money was to keep people alive in regions that don't produce anything. The money would have been better served relocating them to somewhere that isn't death as far as you can see.

That money would have been better served teaching people how to support themselves.

We could give people a sack of corn and potatoes, or would help them drill water wells, plant crops, grow food and become self supportive.

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If you want a good read, read this article

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7651977.stm

Be sure to note what the IMF had to say:

The government, against the advice of the IMF and the World Bank, has handed out vouchers to 1.5m of the country's poorest farmers, enabling them to buy "inputs" - seeds, fertiliser and pesticides.

The international monetary fund does not want nations to become self supportive.

Read the article to find out what happened,

 

[Karl Agathon]

Back in the 70's, scientists were claiming that the world was heading into a new Ice Age....

I remember reading about that once. A big article in Time mag about it.

 

[PingviN]

For those of us who've lost faith in India, China and the US and therefor pay no attention to these meaningless climate conferences, did they finally decide on a legally binding contract to reduce Co2 and/or other greenhouse gases?

Or was this another "we'll deal with the difficult stuff later because fuck the environment"-conference?