“Since 1991 Simon has also managed an economics consulting partnership, STA Ltd. Through this firm, he has led an extensive series of research projects on issues including climate change response strategies, mechanisms for boosting renewable energy uptake, utility valuation and pricing, transport pricing, water supply contract structures, measures of sustainability, economic issues associated with genetic modification, and energy efficiency uptake.

Prior to founding STA, Simon worked as an investment banker and as a financial journalist. He received a string of awards for his investigative reporting in the National Business Review during the 1980s.”

Yes I’m sure he hasn’t got any financial interests at stake from felching as much money out of climate change as possible… plus he’s a bearded ginga !

Style is dancing all over substances grave in the current climate, the denial monkeys are everywhere.

“A clear and firm signal must be sent to the world.(…) We must also avoid inefficient rules that constrain the carbon market. An open global carbon market is crucial for maximizing global emissions reduction profit flow”

The words and deeds match.

Oh, missed this wee doozy….”Progress will require commitment, compromise and cash”.

There you go. nuff said.

Cash comes from compromising any commitment to dealing with the problem which equals progress

Inside the PM’s brain the thoughts are….”Geez this podium’s shiny, I hope geri hasn’t eaten anymore civil servants, Jude quite a spunk if she wasn’t so butch, is there a danish disneyland……etc”