A quick global perspective

It does feel like Geneva is unaffected by climate change. This past week, temperatures were down around 9°C. Coming from Canada, global warming seems to have big effects, for example I have seen (images of) what happens to the arctic ice shelf, and I know about the albedo factor from a college course and we've heard of Al Gore's Inconvenient Truth, even if you haven't seen it. I can literally see Mont Blanc out of my window, and I feel strongly rooted on the Earth. I know however that the magazines like The Economist are showing a trend towards urbanisation, and (from my and my friends' experience) places like Beijing, Delhi, Sydney, Jerusalem, Rome, London and New York may only get hotter. On the other hand, humanity does not stay still either, and we are approaching a time when such important decisions can be made by informed people.