We R the World
The World Economic Forum gets underway tomorrow in Davos, Switzerland. This is basically a meeting of all the world's business and political leaders plus Bono. A Gallup International survey of attendees shows that protecting the environment ranks second to the global economy in the list of top priorities this year. Protecting the environment was mentioned by 20 percent of respondents, in contrast to the year before when it ranked fourth and was mentioned by only 9 percent of respondents.
Global warming is expected to be a top agenda item, and Davos will serve as an appropriate backdrop for discussion, since, as Fortune's Nelson Schwartz notes in a blog from the conference, there is almost no snow there this year. In fact, the Alps have been hurting for snow year after year, and experts say half of the nearly 600 ski resorts in the Alps will have to shut down or move to higher elevations by 2050, as the snow level rises.
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There will be another report on global warming by @ 600 scientists, reviewed by 600 experts and edited by beaurocrats from 154 countries. Details:
http://edition.cnn.com/2007/TECH/science/01/23/climate.report.ap/
We already have the facts:
The Weather Makers by lead biologist Tim Flannery
http://www.theweathermakers.com/
Audio of Dr. Terry Root discussing her work on how animal and plant life cycles are changed, after only 1 degree change in 100 years:
http://www.cbc.ca/quirks/archives/02-03/mp3/qq150203c.mp3
We see the environment takes a back seat to global economy... you can bet when the two interests are at odds the $$$$ will win out... we can't blame this one on Bush... $$$ seems to get all political leaders attention (sadly)
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