The environmental factor should take priority in any political decision of countries participating in the conference [...]

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Population: 83082869

GDP: 442.6 billion US$

GDP per person: 5400 US$

Total CO2 emissions (2005): 221.1 megatons

CO2 per person (2005): 3 tons

Total CO2 emissions (2000)
(incl. land-use, forestry and bunkers): 187.4 megatons

CO2 per person (2000) (incl. land-use, forestry and bunkers): 2.8 tons

Development stage (DAC-index): lower middle

Climate: desert; hot, dry summers with moderate winters

The Canadian Lion Roars….
Yesterday, World Wide Views hosted a panel debate about the project and about citizen participation in connection with climate politics in general. Among the participants was our friend, Shauna Sylvester of Canada’s World, who delivered a beautiful presentation. Even though national states seem to be failing in delivering the leadership we need, the alternative of [...]

WWViews Australia activities
Since WWViews day, we’ve been busy in Australia disseminating results from the Australian and global event. We launched the WWViews Australia report on 16 November and got some more media coverage. We mailed a summary of the report directly to Federal and State politicians, climate negotiators and other decision-makers. We’ve had a few really interesting meetings [...]

Some questions about the results
The meeting in Boston was a far better example of citizen engagement than the Congressional town hall meeting on health care that I attended this summer.  The Worldwide views model of public deliberation is a good one and should be used in a wide variety of issues that concern the global community of nations.  [...]