Corrections

World Not Actually Saved

Fate of Planet Back in the Balance as EU Leaders fail to deliver

The editors of yesterday’s special edition wish to correct stories appearing on pages 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 of yesterday’s 8 page special. It appears that European leaders failed to pledge funds to help the developing world address climate change at the heads of state meeting on June 18.

As a result, a climate saving deal was not agreed in Copenhagen as reported in this paper.

The IHT regrets the error.

We also regret any premature celebrations our publication may have triggered among lovers of polar bears, coral reefs, tropical forests, the billion people now once again likely to suffer water shortages in the next decades, and everyone else on the planet, who now face an impoverished and chaotic future as a result.

Due to a printing error, the quote from Greenpeace responding to the meeting conclusion was mistakenly edited out of the story. The statement should have read:

“Greenpeace calls upon the citizens of the world to hold the EU heads of State personally accountable for this failure, and to get out into the streets to demand with the loudest voice ever raised on Earth that our leaders lead, so that the fictitious vision of a world saved from global warming which the International Herald Tribune mistakenly described might in fact become a reality.”

The IHT regrets the omission.

The IHT does not, however, regret the reporting that Silvio Berlusconi was suffering from hug related injuries. That part was right.