It's Another UN Conference Alert!
Hold onto your personal organizers everyone, the United Nations bureaucrats are organizing another hoedown!

Weather catastrophes around the world show there is little doubt the Earth's climate is changing, the outgoing head of the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change warned Wednesday.

The Earth is facing a "worrisome situation, with catastrophes occurring daily, causing enormous damage and making climate change an undeniable reality," said Mohamed Elyazghi of Morocco.

Hmm... gods angry! Do we get to throw a virgin in the volcano?

I'm afraid it's much more mundane.

The 10-day U.N. Climate Change Convention is to focus on preparing governments and civilians, especially in developing countries, for the 1997 Kyoto Protocol on climate change, which comes into effect early next year.

Government leaders and environmental scientists from around the world were gathering to discuss implementation of the landmark accord, which calls for cuts in carbon emissions.
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U.N. organizers said the convention would be attended by more than 3,000 delegates from the United Nations' 185 member states.

Sounds like a nice boondoggle. But why do the developing countries need to get together? They don't have to do anything except collect money from the developed countries.

The convention in New Delhi was to focus on financing for projects to help developing countries adopt climate-friendly technologies for reducing carbon dioxide and other heat-trapping gases.

Ah, they're having a bun fight over how to spend the loot. Now kids, don't forget the UN handling fee!