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As Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger wrapped up his three-day Global Climate Summit today<\/a>, with signatures and ceremony, the U.N.’s top climate official set a sobering tone with his own parting shot.<\/p>\n

In a final panel this afternoon, the Governor was joined by former Prime Minister Tony Blair and Rajendra Pachauri, who chairs the U.N.\u2019s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Pachauri said the worst-case scenarios from previous climate modeling appear to be coming true, and warned that the next climate change assessment<\/a> from the IPCC, due out in 2014, “will alarm the world.”<\/p>\n

Then he went on to reiterate a prediction he made before the U.N. earlier this month; that based on the science he’s seen, 12 countries are in danger of becoming failed states due to the impacts of climate change. And while he stopped short of listing the nations, previous statements<\/a> appear to imply that several of the states on his list are in Africa.<\/p>\n

Elsewhere at the summit, 30 delegates from state and local governments around the world signed a final agreement to collaborate on climate change. If they follow through with some muscle on the partnership, they’ll be collaborating on clean transportation and on climate adaptation strategies.<\/p>\n

Governors from Brazil, Indonesia and U.S.also called on their national governments<\/a> to address deforestation at the UN climate treaty talks in Copenhagen. Forest loss accounts for 20% of climate emissions globally. California also signed its agreement with the Jiangsu Province<\/a> of China.<\/p>\n

The three-day summit\u2019s title was \u201cOn the Road to Copenhagen\u201d and the international talks have been front and center in the discussions here. The governors attending would like their role in combating climate change formally recognized there. They see themselves on the front lines of climate change, as evidenced by this much cited statistic: 50-80% of the emissions cuts needed to reach the UN’s goals will be implemented by states and cities.<\/p>\n

But despite the Copenhagen-mania, Schwarzenegger stuck with his subnational message, saying: “Climate change isn\u2019t all about this one treaty.” Even if the talks at Copenhagen fail, he says states and provinces should keep forging ahead.<\/p>\n

Photo: Office of the Governor.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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