Darryl Fears
The Washington Post
12/10/2010
This year’s climate-change meeting in Cancun was a lot smaller than last year’s gathering in Copenhagen. But like a Hobbit, Cancun’s footprint was quite big for its size. The meeting’s carbon footprint was 25,000 metric tons of emissions, according to host nation Mexico. That includes the carbon output of everything – flights by delegates, shuttle rides from the swanky Moon Palace hotel, even food preparation. Here’s a breakdown of the numbers:
25 heads of state attended.
2,457 air-conditioned rooms with double Jacuzzis at the main conference hotel.
$68 million
paid by the Mexican government to host the conference. The Danish government put up $213 million last year.
350
days of the year that had unsafe air quality in Mexico City in the early 1990s. Now it’s unsafe less than half that time.
7 million
the amount in metric tons that Mexico City’s ambitious “Plan Verde” aims to reduce from vehicle emissions by 2012.
H/T Babalu
Via Big Government, Cancun sees record cold temperatures for U.N. global warming conference
At Climate Depot, More than 1,000 international scientists dissent over man-made global warming claims.
BBC: David Cameron praises new climate change deal
Update: From John Stossel, UN Delegates Sign Petition to Ban Water
Update 2: Delegates at UN Junk Science Conference Agree to $100 Billion Deal at GatewayPundit
