I am sitting here writing this post, listening to Al Gore give his speech at the UN Climate Negotiations. It has been a long trip here and despite the schedule and the heat I am still excited. We were sitting in the audience, talking with Kevin Knobloch from UCS and watching Kelley trying to talk with the US representative Paula Dobriansky…but we are all here to listen to Al Gore.
I was surprised to hear him lead with a reference from the Holocaust, but it is one that hits home. How we can ignore those who are the harbingers of the threat of climate change. People can ignore stories, of thsoe people like Claire Antrea – who is a young nun from Kiribati and whose home is being flooded. That these threats are coming for us and the sense of urgency must come from the factthe science is changing so fast that none of us, even in the developed world can assume we are safe.
Powerful idea and one that seems to be coming true. I will turn back to the speech, but I hoped you might be interested in a window onto the conference here in Bali.
