UN climate change conference opens in Poznan; questions about accuracy of UN measure of climate change velocity

In Poland, the UN annual meeting on Climate Change opened in Poznan, with an 82-page deck of proposals from the UN’s climate change czar, and open worries that the economic crisis will delay progress on climate change.  The Chilling Effect reported that there is controversy over the UN’s report with respect to climate change effects, which have been criticized by scientists for underreporting the speed and depth of climate change activity.

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