Tuesday, January 25, 2005
We've only got ten years left
A further report, published by the International Climate Change Taskforce aims to influence the G8 to take action to keep carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere below 400 ppm. Given that the current level is 380 ppm, they reckon that we have ten years to take action to achieve this. If not, we're all doomed to suffer the effects of uncontrolled global warming (average temperatures rising by more than 2 degrees C). The Taskforce is a front for the Institute of Public Policy Research ("the UK's leading progressive thinktank"), joined by the Center for American Progress and the Australia Institute (whoever they may be).
According to Alex Kirby's report "A leading climate scientist has told the BBC he thinks temperatures may be higher than 2C some time this century. " A pretty safe assumption, I would have thought!
According to Alex Kirby's report "A leading climate scientist has told the BBC he thinks temperatures may be higher than 2C some time this century. " A pretty safe assumption, I would have thought!
