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Mike Chrisman Commentary: The climate has to be top priority

Posted by: Maven on December 6, 2008 at 8:25 am

From the Sacramento Bee, this commentary by State resources secretary Mike Chrisman:

How the world adapts to climate change takes center stage this month as international leaders meet in Poznañ, Poland for the United Nations Climate Change Conference. Just as it did last month in Los Angeles, during Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Global Climate Summit, the world will again come together in the face of its most pressing common problem.

No longer is the science in dispute. No longer can there be debate about the link between climate impacts and human behavior. No longer are these problems ours alone. Success in the face of this great challenge will be achieved only through working together with the world community.

In the days prior to the U.N. Conference and the Governors’ Global Climate Summit, Schwarzenegger signed executive orders to improve planning for sea-level rise and to streamline renewable-energy projects. During the summit, the governors of California, Illinois and Wisconsin signed an agreement with governors from six states and provinces in Indonesia and Brazil to reduce and eliminate unsustainable deforestation.

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December 6, 2008 · Filed Under Climate change & water supply

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