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[ "In the long run, we're all underwater anyway....." ] Forget climate change, that's the least of our worries, say Nobel winners Economists brought together by controversial scientist say money would be better spent on Aids, water and free trade John Vidal, environment editor Thursday October 21, 2004 The Guardian [snip] The dream team was immediately attacked by a coalition of 18 leading British development and environment groups, meeting 100 yards away. "This simplistic and rather banal ranking of these problems should not be taken too seriously," said Stephen Tindale, director of Greenpeace. "It is an example of intellectual illiteracy. All these problems are linked." "They have come up with bizarre conclusions," said Andrew Simms, policy director of the New Economics Foundation. "The simple point is that unless you act to prevent runaway climate change, all the other things which they prioritise - which are generally no-brainer good things - will be wrecked by global warming." =========================== "Up in Smoke" is the report by the group: http://www.iied.org/docs/climate/Up_in_Smoke.pdf
