Until recently, many scientists spoke of climate change mainly as a "threat," sometime in the future.
At the time, I did not have the words to know that I was gay, and he was not out yet, but he wrote about a gay bar in that book, spoke of climate issues, and mentioned many other topics that were hardly addressed at the time.
"For far too long, we have spoken of climate change as the most significant challenge," Tong said.
By only speaking of climate change, this statement leaves out the biggest drivers of climate vulnerability on the continent in the next few decades, and contributes to the murkiness that will create ever more problems if and when rich countries finally divvy up money to help poor ones adapt to climate change.
Of course, the denial extends to the most developed world, from quiet abuse to many of the Republican presidential candidates who mock those that speak of climate change as a threat.
And speaking of climate, it's a recurring theme throughout this report -- both as a threat and as a problem that can be addressed through smart conservation policies (like protecting the Tongass National Forest). .
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He spoke of the climate conference in "Copen-hah-gen".
Many expressed their concerns at a forum in March, hosted by the Asia Society in New York and titled "The Future of the Past: Collecting Ancient Art in the 21st Century," where collectors spoke of a "climate of fear".
All spoke of a climate of terror that had pushed them, in the thousands, to flee for miles through the harsh and baking semidesert, sometimes on foot, to Niger.
In June, Zeid Ra'ad al Hussein, the UN high commissioner for human rights, said there had been at least 348 extrajudicial killings in the year to April, and he spoke of a climate of fear.
