What a relief.......
....to have someone so obviously unbiased at the top of the organisation
Costa Rican elbows out South African as UN climate boss
A Costa Rican bureaucrat is set to take the top job at the United Nations climate convention after a mini-revolt from small island states. South African Tourism Minister Marthinus van Schalkwyk was in line for the post until the intervention from several smaller countries asking for a representative from a smaller developing …
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Monday 17th May 2010 15:05 GMT Anonymous Coward
Yes, I know
Assuming this is sarcasm, might I venture a seriously question about who *wouldn't* have a bias when it comes to global warming/deforestation/reducing water table/species loss/overfishing/human overpopulation/habitat loss etc etc?
Until such time as something like Iain Bank's "Culture Minds" take over the running of things, I'll wager we'll continue to make selfish decisions, or be too afraid to make the decisions that actually count, or too paper-work-bound (the EU being the worst) to actually get these decisions enacted.
Until then, 'Gaia' is royally boned.
Aliens, 'cos they're up there pointing and laughing.
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