Posted on 12/02/2008 8:30:48 PM PST by NormsRevenge
POZNAN, Poland (AFP) – The head of the world's top climate scientists says he is stunned at the trillion-dollar cheques that have been signed to ease the banking crisis when funding for poverty and global warming is scrutinised or denied.
In an interview on the sidelines of the UN climate talks here, Rajendra Pachauri, chairman of the Nobel-winning Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), said he was both astonished and dismayed at the imbalance.
"It seems very strange, what has happened in the past two or three months," he told AFP.
"It defies any kind of logic, if you look at the type of money that the world has spent on these bailouts, 2.7 trillion dollars (2.13 trillion euros) is the estimate, and it's been done so quickly and without questioning."
Pachauri recalled that when the Millennium Development Goals for attacking poverty and sickness were being drawn up, a panel chaired by Ernesto Zedillo, the former president of Mexico, suggested "a fairly modest estimate" of 50 billion dollars a year in help for poor countries.
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Head of the world's top climate scientists Rajendra Pachauri, seen here on October 23, 2008, says he is stunned at the trillion-dollar cheques that have been signed to ease the banking crisis when funding for poverty and global warming is scrutinised or denied. (AFP/File/Torsten Blackwood)
He needs to get a real job.
Well, what can I say about that?
Headline = Waaaaahhh...I WANT MY MONEY TOO!
LOL, it’s only about the money with these sick scumbags.
It’s always about the money.
I’m stunned too!
Hey Rajendra, I say let’s not fund either!
he looks stuned.
Maybe he’d be stunned to learn that the globe is COOLING.
I too am dismayed, the UN Oil For Food program was a $10 Billion fraud. I'm dismayed that the UN won't use that money to fund their favorite projects.
So, what has a starving, sun baked, fly infested, Third World chronic poverty person done for me lately? How will not giving him more money going to help our nation?
Oops; a socialistic bailout won’t help much either, but at least it’s MY banker!
What a lying hypocrit!!! In the past year or so, the IPCC has had to admit that the earth’s climate has not gotten warmer since 1998 and has actually begun cooling!!!
Does this fool read his own (leftist) agency’s news releases????
The only job he’d be qualified for is as chief Dupa.
That $2.7 trillion should definitely never have been spent; nevertheless, arguing that since government recklessly spent money in one way it should then turn around and recklessly spend money in another is less than convincing as an argument.
and a shave and a haircut.
Mail your 2.7 Trillion dollar(US)checks to Rajendra Pachauri
and you will receive a fabulous prize from Nigeria.
I think he once had a real job. One wonders how he went from being an oil man and an economist to a climatologist, but I figure it had something to do with his old job. Regardless, I don’t think he should have a say in how the US runs its affairs, much less the rest of the world.
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