Emergency Climate Meeting In Copenhagen In March - Scientists Will Publish IPCC Update - Guardian

[hatrack]

Scientists are to hold an emergency summit to warn the world's politicians they are being too timid in their response to global warming. Climate experts from across the world will gather in Copenhagen next month to agree a stark message to policy makers, which they hope will break the political deadlock on efforts to curb rising temperatures. The meeting follows "disturbing" studies that suggest global warming could strike harder and faster than expected.

It comes ahead of a year of high-level political discussions on climate change, which climax with international negotiations in Copenhagen in December, where officials will try to hammer out a successor to the Kyoto protocol. Katherine Richardson, a marine biologist at the University of Copenhagen, who is organising next month's event, said: "This is not a regular scientific conference. This is a deliberate attempt to influence policy."

The meeting will publish an update to the 2007 report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Richardson said the IPCC report was "wishy-washy" on issues such as sea level rise. "The IPCC talks of a 40cm sea rise this century. Well, if the consensus now is a rise of a metre or more then they need to know that."

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One issue to be addressed next month is whether it is still possible to limit average global temperature rise to 2C, which the EU defines as dangerous. Richardson said a key question for politicians is the balance between efforts to limit warming and steps to adapt to the likely consequences. Watson has warned that nations should prepare for an average rise of 4C. The IPCC said temperatures could soar by up to 6C by 2100 if current rates of carbon pollution continue.

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/feb/09/scientists-summit-climate-change

[shellinaya]

1. Good!

It's about time they snapped into action and I hope they can make a dent in Washington. I'm not worried about Obama, I'm worried about Congress. Nancy Pelosi seems to get it but the rest will be tough to get on board. We need fast action on climate change. We've wasted 8 years!

[tom_paine]

2. ROFL. Millions of PR people, marketers, infogandists, and advertisers are mobilizing.

Can't you hear it?

The scientists don't have a chance. Good luck anyway, you crazy fools!

May your wax-papered-comb-kazoo be able to be made itself heard over the 150 Decibel Bush Noise Machine. I'm sure it will happen THIS time!



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