Climate Meetings Can Leave Large Carbon Footprints ; Critics Cite Trips to Exotic Places

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BALI, Indonesia Never before have so many people converged to try to save the planet from global warming, with more than 10,000 jetting into this Indonesian resort island, from government ministers to Nobel laureates to drought-stricken farmers.

But critics say they are contributing to the very problem they aim to solve.

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Climate Meetings Can Leave Large Carbon Footprints ; Critics Cite Trips to Exotic Places

"Nobody denies this is an important event, but huge numbers of people are going, and their emissions are probably going to be greater than a small African country," said Chris Goodall, author of the b...

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