Guardian: The 18th UN climate change summit is taking place in the small, but immensely wealthy Gulf emirate of Qatar, the largest per capita emitter of greenhouse gases in the world. Delegates, press, dignitaries and the legions of low-paid, foreign guest workers at the opulent Qatar National Convention Center all pass under an enormous spider, a 30ft-high cast bronze statue called "Maman", by the French-American sculptor Louise Bourgeois. It was chosen by the emir's wife, and snapped up for a reported...
URL: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/dec/06/world-nations-climate-cliff-doha-cop18
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