] The Inuit plan is part of a broader shift in the debate ] over human-caused climate change evident among ] participants in the 10th round of international talks ] taking place in Buenos Aires aimed at averting dangerous ] human interference with the climate system. ] ] ... ] ] Representatives of poor countries and communities - from ] the Arctic fringes to the atolls of the tropics to the ] flanks of the Himalayas - say they are imperiled by ] rising temperatures and seas through no fault of their ] own. They are casting the issue as no longer simply an ] environmental problem but as an assault on their basic ] human rights. [ I think this is good. Environmental impacts directly affect the quality of our most fundamental human rights, and it makes sense to say so. I also like the "Cooler Heads Coalition" as a name for guys who oppose cutting emissions. It's very clever how it uses the word "cool" which opposes the "warming" under debate, and also implicitly defines the environmental groups as crazy radicals. -k] Eskimos Seek to Recast Global Warming as a Rights Issue |