This week was the blowout Geneva bash for United Nations Internet Weenies and last week was the big Milan fest for UN climate wankers, as I've mentioned previously. There were 13,000 "delegates" in Geneva, but I didn't realize how big the Milan party was until I read The Kyoto Protocol Creeps Along:
"The Parties conducted a fruitful and rich dialog in a good working atmosphere," declared Miklos Persanyi, the Hungarian Environment Minister who served as president of the ninth Conference of the Parties (COP9) to the UN's Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) at the closing press conference here in Milan. Which is to say that the 5000 delegates and 95 ministers who attended the meeting didn't end up yelling and calling one another names. But was anything -- other than civil discussions over canapés and the opportunity for delegates to browse Milan's posh shops -- accomplished at COP9?In a word, no, but follow the link for the details. But here's good news:
Whether the Kyoto Protocol collapses or not, COP10 will meet in Buenos Aires next December where the Parties will no doubt once again conduct "a fruitful and rich dialog in a good working atmosphere."Ah, Buenos Aires in December!
