The intense information activity on climate change is a good sign. It means that the most serious global environment problem is a matter which not only worries scientists but also citizens. Moreover, it has moved to the first line of the political agenda. People have stopped asking if climate change exists or not. It is goocd, because we now have to think about what to do to fight it.

Climate change is not only an environmental problem, but a development problem. It is a new obstacle the poorest countries to advance and to place themselves in the path of progress.