the economics of climate change

Why on earth do some people think the issue of GCC will “go away?”?
We’ve passed the tipping point in that the world’s nations have by necessity embraced the issue. It’s a matter of self-preservation, of economics, as well as being an environmental matter.
http://ec.europa.eu/environment/climat/home_en.htm
http://www.ec.gc.ca/climate/home-e.html
http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/change/
http://www.cicero.uio.no/home/index_e.aspx
http://www.antarcticstation.org/
http://www.pik-potsdam.de/
http://uk.nanoq.gl/Emner/News/News_from_Parliament/2008/05/2008_may_Ilulissat_declaration.aspx
http://www.assemblywales.org/07-101.pdf
http://www.gov.ph/news/default.asp?i=19113
http://royalsociety.org/landing.asp?id=1278
Hey gents, take yourselves off autopilot and actually look at the sites and digest the information. Then if you want to discuss something specific within a given site, I’m game.
Some seem to be waiting for the “Rapture”,while some are just scientifically ‘challenged’. Abrupt climate change is already happening. Here in the Pac. N.W. we are seeing very weird weather patterns. Record cold,record heat, record rainfall. It was 99 over the weekend, but today,after a record rainfall, I will have to have a fire in the fireplace to keep warm!
The Economics of Climate Change: Risk, Ethics, a Global Deal
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The Changing Climate of Global Warming
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2008 Global Conference: Green Is Green: Remaking Business in the Age of Sustainability
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Climate Change in Canada (Paperback)
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The Governance of Climate Change (Hardcover)
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The Economics of Climate Change and the Change of Climate in Economics (Hardcover)
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Greenhouse Governance (Paperback)
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Climate Change and the Sustainable Use of Water Resources (Hardcover)
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How the West Was Warmed (Paperback)
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HarperCollins Student World Atlas (Paperback)
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