Mother Earth Tech: Scientists Walk Out in Protest at China's Intransigence
Stephen Castle writes in The Independent (UK):
Some of the world's best-informed climate change scientists walked out of an all-night drafting session of yesterday's report on global warming, as tempers flared.More here.
The protest, which included a prominent US scientist, took place after Chinese diplomats sought to water down a section spelling out the degree of certainty researchers attach to the impact of climate change.
During a fractious night of negotiation, China and Saudi Arabia were identified as the countries which sought most systematically to dilute the text.
posted by Fergie @ 4/06/2007 05:11:00 PM
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