Showing posts with label 1.5 degrees C. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1.5 degrees C. Show all posts

Thursday, August 23, 2012

2C degrees rise - death sentence on AOSIS, THEN our kids

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-19193146

***** Science advisor warns climate target 'out the window' BBC

Science advisor warns climate target 'out the window'

BBC News - ‎8 hours ago‎
Professor Watson added the Chancellor, George Osborne, should back efforts to cut the UK's CO2 emissions. He said: "I have to look back (on the outcome of sucessive climate change summits) Copenhagen, Cancun and Durban and say that I can't be overly ...

Apr 2012: Agency plea over climate warning

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-17847196

Friday, August 17, 2012

How important is the two degree target?

How important is the two degree target?

Energy Collective - ‎10 hours ago‎
But the 2°C objective is just the beginning of a long chain which must ultimately stretch down to the allowable emissions of a given power plant or the need to store a tonne of CO2 in a subsurface reservoir. This chain is riddled with uncertainty which ...

Conservative Energy Agency (IEA) Warning That 'Lock in' to Irreversible Climate Change Only 5 Years Away Far Too Optimistic; Reality Even More Dire

Conservative Energy Agency (IEA) Warning That 'Lock in' to Irreversible Climate Change Only 5 Years Away Far Too Optimistic; Reality Even More Dire

Tuesday, August 7, 2012

US criticized for backing away from UN climate goal Chicago Tribune

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US criticized for backing away from UN climate goal

Chicago Tribune - 
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union and small island states criticized the United States on Tuesday for backing away from a U.N.