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Posted Sun Dec 5 2010: from Los Angeles Times:
At climate summit, they're feeling like deserted islands http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1291582455
...As the 12-day [Cancun] summit moves into high gear this week, small island nations may be the noisiest critics, but they are hardly alone in their frustration that a legally binding agreement to reduce planet-heating pollutants has no chance to be concluded here. Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said Wednesday that the Cancun talks "won't result in anything" because no major leaders are attending. Climate negotiations in Copenhagen ended in acrimony last year, with 120 heads of state, including President Obama, in attendance. This year, except for a few leaders of smaller nations, ministers and diplomats are doing the talking.
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So... leaders showing up doesn't work, and leaders NOT showing up doesn't work. What on earth will work?

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