‘Failure here is good for the world’s poor people.’

Climate Depot Featured at UN Earth Summit: “Failure here is good for the world’s poor people. We need to redefine sustainable development as oil, gas, coal.”

Morano: ‘Failure is the only option for this conference if you care about the environment & poor people. Carbon based energy has been one of the greatest liberators of […]

Maurice Strong, High Level Closing Plenary – Rio+20 Corporate Sustainability Forum

UN.org 18 Jun 2012

The Compact 4 Rio will convene chief executives with leaders from Government, civil society and the United Nations, as well as Forum participants to discuss and identify strategies for a new era of global sustainability. This session will distil the outcomes of the four-day Corporate Sustainability Forum, and identify the most […]

At Rio + 20 UN Official: Western Nations ‘Don’t Need More Cars, More TV, Whatever’

Paul Wilson CNSNews.com 6/19/2012

Environmental concerns have caused one high-ranking UN official to declare that “the West” does not need more cars, televisions, and other consumer luxuries.

United Nations Development Programme head Helen Clark told AFP in an interview: “So the issue is how to get human development that will see it continue to rise […]

Rio+20: ICLEI Members Admit ‘Bait and Switch’ to Boost Climate Agenda

Committee For A Constructive Tomorrow (CFACT) Press Release 6/18/2012

[Belo Horizonte, Brazil]– To advance public action on global warming, participants attending the ICLEI World Congress admitted today that they are deliberately employing new terminology to misdirect opponents and gain acceptance of their efforts to reduce energy use and greenhouse gases. By utilizing terms like “sustainability” […]

Champagne flows as enviros demand lower living standards

CFACT YouTube 6/17/2012

The International Council on Local Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI) is calling for economic “contraction” in America and the rest of the developed world. Their “World Congress” conference in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, however, is a lavish affair replete with rich food, champagne and opulence. The blatant hypocrisy is stunning.

 

Update: Rio + […]

‘According to the head of the United Nations, only one vision of the future is acceptable’

Contrary to the U.N.’s dire assessment, humanity has never seen a clearer reduction in poverty worldwide. The proportion of people living in absolute poverty has dropped massively, from 52 percent in 1981 to 22 percent today.

~Bjorn Lomborg

Blazing Cat Fur 6/15/2012

“Five days from now the United Nations’ Rio+20 conference […]

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