This is more troubling than 400 ppm. “Emissions continue to rise despite pledges to limit global warming. Limiting global warming to just 2 degrees Celsius, as called for by the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, has become patently unrealistic. Political will is lacking, and emissions continue to increase. The target needs to be revised. At the United Nations climate conference in the former German capital of Bonn on Wednesday, delegates and stakeholders discussed the options for reaching the overarching objective of international climate policy: that of limiting the global temperature increase to 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit). That upper limit is considered to be the threshold to "dangerous climate change." Technically, the goal might still be achievable. But from a political point of view, it has become patently unrealistic.” [Not because of Germany, but because of US...]
Posted on: Sun, 09 Jun 2013 01:15:57 +0000
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