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How to Waste Money Fighting Climate Change. Blog Michael Levi, 1/12/2011http://blogs.cfr.org/levi/2011/12/01/a-cautionary-lesson-from-the-host-of-the-next-climate-talksThe only concrete development out of the Durban climate talks so far is an announcement that Qatar will host next year’s negotiations. As John Broder points out in the New York Times, Qatar has the distinction of being the largest per capita greenhouse gas emitter on the planet. It’s also home to a Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) project that’s a textbook study in that system’s often severe flaws...&#160;