Saturday, November 19, 2011

Durban May Be Last Chance to Stabilise Climate Under Two Degrees - IPS ipsnews.net

Scientists consider that Duran this year is the earth's best and last chance to stop global warning.

"Even if carbon emissions cannot be cut fast enough to avoid two degrees C of warming in some parts of the world, urgent action will buy those regions valuable time - a decade or two - so they will have time to adapt, assuming they can"

"Although two degrees C seems like a small amount, it is akin to a person running a high fever, with all kinds of consequences for the human body. On planet Earth, that amount of warming has serious consequences for food, water and biodiversity. It will guarantee more and stronger extreme weather events, including droughts and flooding"

"Two degrees C puts humanity on a new hotter, stormier planet that is less compatible with human survival"

Durban May Be Last Chance to Stabilise Climate Under Two Degrees - IPS ipsnews.net

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