Large sums promised to developing countries to help them tackle climate change cannot be accounted for, a BBC investigation has found.Ah, ye olde problem with the "data." Sounds like they've been using the same programmers as the Hadley CRU to handle the "data."Rich countries pledged $410m (」247m) a year in a 2001 declaration - but it is now unclear whether the money was paid.
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has accused industrialized countries of failing to keep their promise.
The EU says the money was paid out in bilateral deals, but admits it cannot provide data to prove it. -- BBC News
And yet the world's "powers" meet soon in Copenhagen to try and sequester yet more buckets of cash to "solve the climate" con.
Sounds like a plan to me.
P. J. O'Rouke restated what some other dead white guy said, that foreign aid is poor people in rich countries giving to rich people in poor countries.
Posted by: james wilson at November 24, 2009 8:55 PMI'm sorry, I must just be tired. What was the "surprise" part?
Posted by: Charlie (Colorado) at November 24, 2009 9:06 PMWhen BO was elected I said that the only saving grace is that the country is too broke for him to do any real damage.
Posted by: Fat Man at November 24, 2009 9:49 PMIf the money was paid out and they still can't find it, they should look in the third world dictators' Swiss bank accounts. And I'm with Charlie: we're surprised by...what, exactly?
Posted by: waltj at November 25, 2009 1:25 AMI was trying to write the headline under the sign of Sardonicus.
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