![]() ![]() Climate change is man-made, happening here and now, and probably unstoppable. Adaptation will require huge investments in defensive structures and the restructuring of production and distribution infrastructure. Mitigation aims to prevent and reduce the damage done by the effects of climate change. The big question is how effective the proposed mitigation measures are in reality. |
The mirror image of the so-called "green economy" and the Kyoto mechanisms:
![]() The Kyoto mechanisms are either useless or they have the opposite effect of increased emissions because of the economic growth they generate. Useless are the carbon emissions trading. Their only affect is financial gains for the traders. Harmful are the so-called "Clean Development Mechanisms" and carbon offset programmes because no development can be clean. ![]() Conferences offer no solutions because the delegations are only interested in protecting their economic positions. The "results" are yet more promises of reductions. ![]() References:striving for the highest possible scientific validity. |