Under Mr. Morial’s leadership, the City of New Orleans joined the Cities for Climate Protection Program. This program requires member cities to pass a climate protection resolution, to establish a baseline emissions profile, to identify a reduction target, to prepare a local action plan and to initiate actions to reduce multiple emissions. In 1997, New Orleans hosted a town-hall meeting of national and local leaders to discuss the risks of climate change and the vulnerabilities faced by New Orleans. New Orleans will host the next workshop of the Cities for Climate Protection that will focus on transportation and public education. Mr. Morial successfully submitted a resolution on climate change at the last United States Council of Mayors meeting to make global warming a priority and to develop and implement policies that work with local communities to reduce domestic sources of greenhouse gas emissions

“I don’t want to engage personally in a thread about carbon trading, other than to say that, as someone with some limited international trading experience, I can think of some important reasons why a person concerned about climate change could rationally oppose the Kyoto trading system as a relevant means of achieving that goal.”

I like how you explained that. Very helpful. Thanks.

Yes, it’s suppose to be…

Steve- That definition is straight out of the Framework Convention on Climate Change:
Pielke, Jr., R.A., 2005. Misdefining climate change: consequences for science and action, Environmental Science Policy, Vol. 8, pp. 548-561. here
Best regards, Roger

Steve: I had an extremely difficult time posting your comment as well. Roger, you used an abbreviation for the Framework Convention which Spam Karma confused with another F-word. Sometimes Spam Karma amazes me with its seeming intelligence.

“Climate change is a phenomenon that occurs when “greenhouse gases” are released into the atmosphere”.

Isn’t this a non sequitor?

Sorry

Such as what?

I, too, like how “climate change” is pamphletically defined. It’s defined that way in GCM’s too, as Doug Hoyt pointed out. Without human-produced CO2 as a driver, GCM’s pretty much predict a flat climate. There’s a reassuring result that should inspire confidence in GCM futurology.