Hey, Grist. If Brazil is so serious about climate change, why is Lula sending 700 people to Kyopenhagen?

Via Tom Nelson:

[Is this really enough people?]: 700-strong Brazilian delegation for climate talks
President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is to head a delegation of 700 officials at the global climate talks starting in Denmark next Monday, authorities said.The group includes 80 federal government officials, 100 regional officials, 40 lawmakers, as well as an unspecified number of scientists and environmental workers, the foreign ministry told O Globo newspaper on Friday.

I guess you’re right, though, about the momentum heading into COP 15. The rate of their progress is very slow, but the sheer mass . . .