It is invading. Bleakness verging on desperation is also reflected in the Convention documents this first morning of the two-week meeting. An earth globe is the dot in the exclamation point. The Earth Times morning headline is Critical two weeks in history of Earth. Few participants question that man-made greenhouse gases are threatening Earth with catastrophic rising temperatures, droughts and more destructive storms.
Few participants question much.
Feeling alone rules. As if appointed Ministry of Propaganda, BBC TV inundates viewers in hotel rooms with films of scarcity and finite resources. No film finds mention of a single positive contribution of humankind. Man everywhere is destructive. Each participant received a COP6 briefcase.