I blogged a few days ago about the need to ensure that the global temperature sticks well below the two degree rise many are aiming for (https://stevehynd.wordpress.com/2009/12/08/copenhagen-and-the-2-degree-guard-rail-the-wrong-goal-missed/). I still stick by this. This morning however I stumbled across this BBC article http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8405025.stm which states:
“Meeting the lower target of 1.5C favoured by some developing countries is virtually impossible, the UKMO says”.
It goes on to say:
“Even if emissions peaked in 2020, there would be a 50% chance of temperatures rising by more than 2C, the target adopted by the G8 at its July summit.”
Essentially, this is the UK met office saying…we are very unlikely to be able to stick to 2 degrees and we are almost definitely not going to be able to reach a safer target of a 1.5 degree rise in temperature.
I have to say…prospects for humanity are not looking too good right now!
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Even less prospect of saving the world for future generations after this afternoon’s fiasco in Copenhagen.
I suppose I shouldn’t be surprised that western governments are acting in their own selfish interests again. In fact, I’m not, I’m just very disappointed.
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You might be interested in this article:
http://www.opendemocracy.net/rupert-read/last-refuge-of-prejudice
It is a moral arguement based on discrimination about why we should care about future generations!
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Thanks for your input but I can honestly say that if the Government told me I was British, I would have to check.
I do not trust them. That is the be all and end all.
If I told you I loved you yet kept on cheating, would you still believe my love was real?
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Forgot, check out this ‘open letter’ to the UN Head @
The science is less than settled. It just suits certain interests, just as the tobacco industry hired Doctors, so have the scaremongers. It is up to us to separate the wheat from the chaff.
All a means to an end for the Bastards that Be.
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