It has been posted many times before but here it is again, as stated by IPCC Co Chair Ottmar Edenhofer (an economist no less)
"As German economist Ottmar Edenhofer, co-chairman of the IPCC's Working Group III, explained:
"Basically, it's a big mistake to discuss climate policy separately from the major themes of globalization. The climate summit in Cancun ... is not a climate conference, but one of the largest economic conferences since the Second World War ... one must say clearly that we redistribute de facto the world's wealth by climate policy."
The political insanity of climate change | Lorrie Goldstein | Columnists | Comment | Toronto Sun
"As German economist Ottmar Edenhofer, co-chairman of the IPCC's Working Group III, explained:
"Basically, it's a big mistake to discuss climate policy separately from the major themes of globalization. The climate summit in Cancun ... is not a climate conference, but one of the largest economic conferences since the Second World War ... one must say clearly that we redistribute de facto the world's wealth by climate policy."
The political insanity of climate change | Lorrie Goldstein | Columnists | Comment | Toronto Sun