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And its reports must be unanimous , approved by 154 governments _ including the United States and oil-rich countries such as Saudi Arabia.Pachauri said the report would make " significant advances " over the 2001 report , addressing gaps in that document , reducing uncertainties and adding new knowledge about past changes in climate.As the panel meets , awareness of the consequences of climate change is growing.Last week , President Bush referred to global warming as an established fact , after years of arguing that not enough was known about its causes to do anything about it.Indonesia 's environment minister warned Monday that rising sea levels could inundate some 2,000 of his country 's more than 18,000 islands by 2030.And new data released Monday by the U.N. Environment Program said 30 reference glaciers lost about 2.2 feet in thickness on average in 2005 , for a total loss of 34.6 feet on average since 1980.Activists want to ensure that consumers and governments do n't sit and wait for the world to get warmer.Just a few hundred yards from the conference at UNESCO headquarters , Greenpeace activists strung a banner across the Eiffel Tower to urge swifter action against global warming , reading " It 's Not Too Late . The garage is closed until Thursday as the city replaces the controlling software , city spokesman Bill Campbell said.Dennis Clarke , the chief operating officer at Robotic Parking , acknowledged the operational problems , but said the garage has operated with " 99.99 percent efficiency . George Mason University students will be working with Aptima Inc. , a company that studies the interaction between technology and human behavior , on ways to improve military training.Aptima , a Massachusetts company with an office in the District , was awarded eight grants from the Department of Defense . In fact , the Greeks often praised the Etruscan craftsmen for their ability to create invigorated domestic bronze objects . But on Oct. 3 , 2005 , when he announced he had picked Miers , his loyal legal counsel , to succeed retiring Justice Sandra Day O'Connor , the right wing of their own party skewered both Bush and Miers.A little more than three weeks later , she withdrew from contention amid the unrelenting backlash , particularly from conservatives , who argued that there were far better candidates.Miers ' resume was filled with firsts : first woman president of the Dallas Bar Association , first woman president of the Texas bar , first woman president of her law firm.She was Bush 's personal lawyer in Texas , took on the thankless job of cleaning up the Texas Lottery when he was governor and followed him to Washington to serve as staff secretary .