GORE SPEAKS. Al Gore just called for the heads of state to have a climate plan locked in by 2010. Waiting until Kyoto expires in 2012 will be too late, and we can't afford any lag time between the two, he iterated. He wants leaders to call an emergency gathering of the U.N. for the beginning of next year to review what happens at Bali, and then hold meetings at the head of state level every three months thereafter until we reach an agreement. I mean, it would be nice if climate change were that level of of priority for these leaders, but somehow I just don't feel like it is, and I'm not sure that today's meetings will convince all of them to make it so.
--Kate Sheppard
