Guest guest Posted December 13, 2007 Report Share Posted December 13, 2007 At 01:42 PM 12/13/07, you wrote: >FACTBOX-Noteable Quotes at Bali Climate Talks >Posted by: " Mark Graffis " mgraffis mgraffis >Thu Dec 13, 2007 6:32 am (PST) >http://www.planetark.org/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/45991/story.htm > >FACTBOX-Noteable Quotes at Bali Climate Talks > >------------------------- > >Following are quotes from world leaders and senior officials at the >opening of the high-level segment of Dec. 3-14 UN-led climate talks in >Bali or at press briefings. > >UN SECRETARY-GENERAL BAN KI-MOON: > > " This is the moral challenge of our generation. Not only are the eyes of >the world upon us. More important, succeeding generations depend on us. We >cannot rob our children of their future. " > > " Our atmosphere can't tell the difference between emissions from an Asian >factory, the exhaust from a North American SUV, or deforestation in South >America or Africa, " he said. > >INDONESIAN PRESIDENT SUSILO BAMBANG YUDHOYONO > > " We are embarking on the biggest project in human civilisation, " he said. > " We must ensure that the United States ... is part of such post-2012 >arrangements. " > >AUSTRALIAN PRIME MINISTER KEVIN RUDD > > " For Australians, climate change is no longer a distant threat. Our rivers >are dying, bushfires are more ferocious and more frequent and our natural >wonders -- the Great Barrier Reef, Kakadu, our rainforests -- are now at >risk. " > >PAULA DOBRIANSKY, HEAD OF THE US DELEGATION > > " We want the world's largest economies, including the United States, to be >part of a global arrangement. An approach in which only some are committed >to acting cannot be environmentally effective. " > > " We don't want to be prejudging outcomes here, " she said of US opposition >to scientific guidelines for rich nations to cut emissions by 25-40 >percent below 1990 levels by 2020. " We dont want to be predetermining what >will come out of this process. " > >PRESIDENT OF THE MALDIVES, MAUMOON ABDUL GAYOOM > > " We believe that climate change must be viewed not only as a danger to >natural systems, but also as a direct threat to human survival and >well-being. We are convinced that this negotiation process must not be >viewed as a traditional series of governmental trade-offs, but as an >urgent international effort to safeguard human lives, homes, rights and >livelihoods. " > >PRIME MINISTER OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA, MICHAEL SOMARE > > " The answer is simple. If we lose the world's forests, we lose the fight >against climate change. Rainforests are our Earth's greatest utility -- >our planet's lungs, thermostat and air-conditioning system. " > >PRESIDENT OF THE WORLD BANK, ROBERT ZOELLICK > > " Climate change policies cannot be the frosting on the cake of >development; they must be baked into the recipe of growth and social >development. " > >DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF THE FAO, JACQUES DIOUF > > " Low-income people everywhere will be at risk of food insecurity due to >loss of assets, absence of alternative livelihood options and lack of >adequate insurance coverage from extreme weather events. " -- For Reuters >latest environment blogs click on: http://blogs.reuters.com/environment/ >(Compiled by David Fogarty; Editing by Jerry Norton) > >Story 13/12/2007 > >Back to top Reply to sender ****** Kraig and Shirley Carroll ... in the woods of SE Kentucky http://www.thehavens.com/ thehavens 606-376-3363 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.859 / Virus Database: 585 - Release 2/14/05 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 14, 2007 Report Share Posted December 14, 2007 Now thousands of crooks are together in Bali and spending millions of dollars. And you force me to pay to those scammers, damn.....there were one American there in 1776 said, that when the many begun to make use of - steal from the few......the few have the right to rebel against the many, and hang them up and dangle high. torsdag 13. dec 2007 kl. 22:16 skrev The Havens: > At 01:42 PM 12/13/07, you wrote: > >FACTBOX-Noteable Quotes at Bali Climate Talks > >Posted by: " Mark Graffis " mgraffis mgraffis > >Thu Dec 13, 2007 6:32 am (PST) > >http://www.planetark.org/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/45991/story.htm > > > >FACTBOX-Noteable Quotes at Bali Climate Talks > > > >------------------------- > > > >Following are quotes from world leaders and senior officials at the > >opening of the high-level segment of Dec. 3-14 UN-led climate talks in > >Bali or at press briefings. > > > >UN SECRETARY-GENERAL BAN KI-MOON: > > > > " This is the moral challenge of our generation. Not only are the eyes > of > >the world upon us. More important, succeeding generations depend on > us. We > >cannot rob our children of their future. " > > > > " Our atmosphere can't tell the difference between emissions from an > Asian > >factory, the exhaust from a North American SUV, or deforestation in > South > >America or Africa, " he said. > > > >INDONESIAN PRESIDENT SUSILO BAMBANG YUDHOYONO > > > > " We are embarking on the biggest project in human civilisation, " he > said. > > " We must ensure that the United States ... is part of such post-2012 > >arrangements. " > > > >AUSTRALIAN PRIME MINISTER KEVIN RUDD > > > > " For Australians, climate change is no longer a distant threat. Our > rivers > >are dying, bushfires are more ferocious and more frequent and our > natural > >wonders -- the Great Barrier Reef, Kakadu, our rainforests -- are now > at > >risk. " > > > >PAULA DOBRIANSKY, HEAD OF THE US DELEGATION > > > > " We want the world's largest economies, including the United States, > to be > >part of a global arrangement. An approach in which only some are > committed > >to acting cannot be environmentally effective. " > > > > " We don't want to be prejudging outcomes here, " she said of US > opposition > >to scientific guidelines for rich nations to cut emissions by 25-40 > >percent below 1990 levels by 2020. " We dont want to be predetermining > what > >will come out of this process. " > > > >PRESIDENT OF THE MALDIVES, MAUMOON ABDUL GAYOOM > > > > " We believe that climate change must be viewed not only as a danger to > >natural systems, but also as a direct threat to human survival and > >well-being. We are convinced that this negotiation process must not be > >viewed as a traditional series of governmental trade-offs, but as an > >urgent international effort to safeguard human lives, homes, rights > and > >livelihoods. " > > > >PRIME MINISTER OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA, MICHAEL SOMARE > > > > " The answer is simple. If we lose the world's forests, we lose the > fight > >against climate change. Rainforests are our Earth's greatest utility > -- > >our planet's lungs, thermostat and air-conditioning system. " > > > >PRESIDENT OF THE WORLD BANK, ROBERT ZOELLICK > > > > " Climate change policies cannot be the frosting on the cake of > >development; they must be baked into the recipe of growth and social > >development. " > > > >DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF THE FAO, JACQUES DIOUF > > > > " Low-income people everywhere will be at risk of food insecurity due > to > >loss of assets, absence of alternative livelihood options and lack of > >adequate insurance coverage from extreme weather events. " -- For > Reuters > >latest environment blogs click on: > http://blogs.reuters.com/environment/ > >(Compiled by David Fogarty; Editing by Jerry Norton) > > > >Story 13/12/2007 > > > >Back to top Reply to sender > > ****** > Kraig and Shirley Carroll ... in the woods of SE Kentucky > http://www.thehavens.com/ > thehavens > 606-376-3363 > > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.859 / Virus Database: 585 - Release 2/14/05 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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