Second, all nations should invest significantly more in new technology—especially in the development of carbon capture and storage methods—to stabilize the amount of climate-warming gases in the atmosphere. Government action on this front will be necessary because even well-intentioned efforts by private industry are bound to fall short.

Last, rich countries should establish a Marshall Plan–like program to help finance the transfer of the low-carbon technologies that developing countries need to grow their economies while emitting fewer greenhouse gases. Instead of targets for cuts, developing countries should be given incentives to lower atmospheric releases, perhaps by rewarding them with energy development aid when emissions fall below certain levels.

Talk is cheap. It’s time for politicians to stop spewing hot air and start enacting hard limits on dangerous emissions.

This article was originally published with the title Enough Hot Air Already.

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1. 1. Dustin 06:41 AM 12/2/07

   Its all a fricken lie! Review the huge chart that Al Gore showed us and realize that it REALLY shows that The Earth warmed several hundred years before the rise of CO2. Not the other way around like Al wants us to think. Its a giant hoax! Its a natural warming cycle you idiots! Review climate history and you will see. People farmed in Greenland when it was warmer and green! Seek your own truth, dont jump on the hype bandwagon.
   
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