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	<title>State of the Planet &#187; Scott Barrett</title>
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	<description>Tapping experts in climate, geology, oceanography, ecology, sustainable development, global health, energy, food and water, State of the Planet captures stories of how the Earth works and how we can sustainably make our lives better.</description>
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		<title>There Was No Big Bang, and There Won’t Be</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 18:20:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Barrett</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The three pages of text that emerged after years of preparation and two weeks of intense negotiation in Copenhagen signally fail to address what the document correctly calls “one of the greatest challenges of our time” – global climate change. To many, the Copenhagen Accord will seem a setback; actually, it is a continuation of a long history of failure. The essential problem lies with the strategy of addressing this complex issue [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sum of the Parts</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 18:57:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Barrett</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Copenhagen is being scaled back. Whereas originally the hope was to have a treaty incorporating “legally binding” targets and timetables, now the aim is to reach a “political agreement.”

This matters much less than you might think. The Kyoto Protocol, which entered into force in 2005, already incorporates “legally binding” targets, but it lacks any means of being [...]]]></description>
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