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Scenes From a Climate Floor Fight

By Core Jr - December 22, 2009

in Design Business

In case you missed it, NYTimes Dot Earth has conference minutes from plenary of COP15 that make for remarkable reading--one phrase at a time. Here are just a few of the entries that jump out: - it is with indignation that we are speaking - we are not going to decide about so many lives in only 60 minutes - 4 hours ago Obama announced an agreement which is non-existant - the promise of 100 billion dollar will not bribe us to destroy the continent - I will be the first to be unsatisfied with this doc - I think this institution faces a moment of profound crisis - there is no such thing as a perfect document in multilateral processes - how can I get back to my people in Norway and ask them to pay more money to other countries if it is regarded a bribe? - I will have nothing to show to my grandparents as a present from the last 2 weeks - no proposal is perfect, but this one leads to direct action - if we continue, we will stay at least for 2 more hours - it can't be that we make a decision by consensus and then that we overturn this decision shortly later - we have to conclude this meeting - some people want to catch their plane at 8 o'clock Thanks Marc!