Quote of the week 13 November 06

This week's featured quote comes from Canada, whose environment minister Rona Ambrose is arriving in Nairobi for the UN climate talks. A bit of background: Canada's Kyoto target is -6% from 1990 levels, whereas its emissions are currently at +35% and are set to rise even further due to rapid development of the Albertan oil sands.

Ambrose told parliament recently, to wide hilarity: “Canada is on track to meet all of our Kyoto obligations except for our target.” Priceless.