RON BAILEY REPORTS FROM THE NAIROBI GLOBAL WARMING CONFERENCE:

“Climate change tourists” is how Kenyan Maasai leader of environmental group Practical Action Sharon Looremeta dismissed the diplomats negotiating over what to do about global warming here in Nairobi. “You come here to look at some climate impacts and some poor people suffering, and then climb on your airplanes and head home,” she bitterly added. She was expressing the widespread frustration of many African representatives who were hoping that the conference would result in “new mechanisms to help sustainable development in Africa” and “more funds for adaptation.” In other words, they expected cash.

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