CLIMATE CHANGE: The U.N.'s Boys' Club http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=50712

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's decision to appoint a 19-member, all-male high-level advisory group on Climate Change Financing (CCF) has triggered strong protests from women's groups and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) outraged by the composition of the panel.

The group of 19 experts will be co-chaired by British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi. The body's other members, who will be appointed for 10 months, include ministers, officials of central banks, and experts on finance and development, like financier George Soros, economist Nicholas Stern, and director of the National Economic Council Lawrence H. Summers.