Obamas Lonely Climate Summit world leaders are staying home Anthony Watts / 7 hours ago September 16, 2014 Eric Worrall writes: The imminent climate summit in New York is rapidly turning into an utter embarrassment for President Obama and UN Secretary General Bank Ki-Moon, in addition to becoming a bit of a punishment round for national deputy leaders. Aussie PM Tony Abbott today defended his decision not to hop on an earlier flight to America, so he could attend the UN climate conference in New York, because he has more important matters to attend to, such as running the country. http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/na...mmit-in-new-york/story-fni0xqrb-1227060005413 Chinese President Xi Jinping and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi have also indicated they likely wont attend the summit. http://thediplomat.com/2014/09/top-leaders-from-china-india-to-skip-un-climate-change-summit/ Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper has indicated he will not be attending. https://ca.news.yahoo.com/blogs/can...rper-to-skip-un-climate-summit-183946998.html Even Angela Merkel, President of über green Germany, will not be attending the UN climate summit. http://notrickszone.com/2014/05/26/...ference-burying-the-global-climate-agreement/ Of course, things would probably have been totally different, if the summit organisers had guaranteed that attendees would definitely not have to sit through any more boring climate presentations by former Vice President Al Gore. So the sky is no longer falling? Or the whole AGW farce is losing traction? Certainly the huge usage of fossil fuels to jet everyone in was the concern.... no? Why does Tony Abbot say running a country is more important.... and why doesn't Obama agree? On the bright side, there will be tons of extra "healthy" snacks for the few who bother to show up.
http://www.theclimategroup.org/what-we-do/news-and-blogs/un-releases-full-list-of-the-126-world-leaders-who-will-be-attending-climate-summit/ In fact, the list of heads of state and(*)government or their(*)deputies attending the morning session totals 125, a lofty number compared to the 36 countries sending ministers, who will instead gather for the afternoon session. If this level of attendance is confirmed on September 23, the 2014 UN Climate Summit will become the largest leaders’ climate meeting ever organized, bringing together more heads of states and governments than the Copenhagen UNFCCC conference in 2009.
