Donation for flood relief is not charity

Pakistan, South China and Niger are all suffering from unprecedented flooding. Russian peat soils are burning due to unprecedented heat waves. People are losing their lives, drinking water is being contaminated, air is being polluted, diseases like Cholera are starting to flourish, and the world’s charities are calling for donations. Mr Ban Ki Moon, Secretary General of the United Nations, has visited some parts of Pakistan and has described the damage that he has seen as greater than anything he had seen before. The flooding will almost certainly kill more people than any other recent “natural” disaster. When disaster strikes the rich world puts its hands in its pockets and coughs up some money to alleviate the suffering, and calls it charity.

Reviewing the work of the IPCC

The Secretary General of the United Nations fulfils two important functions. He (or she, should there be in the future a woman who is appointed to this post) acts as a moderators between nations and speaks out on various important topics. The present Secretary General is a Korean, Ban Ki-Moon, and he has consistently warned the nations whose debates and actions he attempts to moderate about the dangers of climate change.

World Climate Change Conference provides a road map to nowhere

The United Nations Climate Change Conference in Bali ends on 14^th December. If you want to see what is going on they have a web site at http://unfccc.int/2860.php where you may read speeches, press releases and even see web casts.