Wolfowitz at World Bank to fight "global warming".World Bank Commissar com·mis·sar n. 1. a. An official of the Communist Party in charge of political indoctrination and the enforcement of party loyalty. b. The head of a commissariat in the Soviet Union until 1946. 2. Paul Wolfowitz Paul Dundes Wolfowitz (born December 22, 1943) is a visiting scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, working on issues of international economic development, Africa and public-private partnerships. , formerly deputy secretary of defense in the Bush administration, has announced plans to underwrite--with U.S. tax dollars, of course--various Global initiatives to combat the mythical menace of "Global warming global warming, the gradual increase of the temperature of the earth's lower atmosphere as a result of the increase in greenhouse gases since the Industrial Revolution. ." Paul Wolfowitz, appointed by President Bush to head the World Bank, "indicated he was prepared to let the bank take a broader role in efforts to tackle climate change," reported Reuters on July 8. In remarks to the press during the G-8 summit in Scotland, Wolfowitz said (as paraphrased by Reuters) that he wants "to help foster discussion among industrialized in·dus·tri·al·ize v. in·dus·tri·al·ized, in·dus·tri·al·iz·ing, in·dus·tri·al·iz·es v.tr. 1. To develop industry in (a country or society, for example). 2. nations and emerging market countries such as China and India on tackling global warming," as well as to create "a framework for mobilizing investment in clean air technologies by November." "[The World Bank] can hopefully be a mechanism for developing a more fruitful dialogue between Europe and Japan on the one hand, the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. on the other hand, and the third hand," Wolfowitz insisted with more optimism than anatomical precision. "It is an attempt to try and draw people into a technical discussion about modalities about accomplishing some mutually agreed purposes that would both promote sustainable development Sustainable development is a socio-ecological process characterized by the fulfilment of human needs while maintaining the quality of the natural environment indefinitely. The linkage between environment and development was globally recognized in 1980, when the International Union and promote [a] clean environment." The expression "sustainable development" refers to a UN-system of global environmental regulations based on the world body's mammoth Agenda 21 blueprint. Wolfowitz, a former deputy secretary of defense and co-architect of the disastrous war in Iraq, is now seeking to enlist U.S. taxpayer dollars (our nation foots roughly one-quarter of the bill for the World Bank) to promote the UN's framework for world eco-socialism. |
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