Nairobi - what is it good for?

By stoat on November 19, 2006.

I mean, of course, the recent UNFCCC conference, not the city. There is a very negative BBC report. It seems to me that this is one of those scheduled meetings that has to be held even though nothing will come of it other than a pile of CO2 emitted by the delegates.

So... does anyone have a good word to say for it?

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Best,

D

Well yes, it is the mainline of human advance. Riddled with contradictions, beset by liars and rogues, "...going here and then again there with nothing before them but the mists, and they rolling down the bog...." (O'Casey). What would you prefer, 5 minutes of Bush; 5 hours of any cluster of national politicians you may name. It really does seem hopeless until you consider the alternatives. Did Churchill say something like that? Why are you talking about Stern except to persuade, a little, at least a few members of that audience.
I am afraid it is the best we can do at the moment. Check again in a century or two, maybe we will get better at this civilisation thing. Meanwhile RJP is not part of the mainline or any advance.