The web site below, provided by the Progressive Review, says that the IPCC is the "gold standard" of expert opinions on climate change. I don't know that that is necessarily true, but the already leaked snippets are pointing to the environment becoming the top election issue for many countries over the next few decades. I hope so. Focus upon survival through sustainability might help distract governments from the fatal path of dominance.
Natalia NEW CLIMATE REPORT TO PREDICT 4-7 DEGREE T TEMPERATURE RISE NEW SCIENTIST - The most important report on the science of climate change for six years is set for release on Friday 2 February, and leaks suggest it will be an alarming read. The minimum predicted temperature and sea level rises will jump, according to media reports, while the blame will be pinned firmly on greenhouse gas emissions from human activities. Its leading line is expected to be "there is a 90% chance humans are responsible for climate change", mostly due to the burning of fossil fuels. That contrasts with the last version of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's report, issued in 2001, which concluded there was a 66% chance that humans were responsible for rising temperatures. The new IPCC report is expected to predict that temperatures will rise by [4-7 degrees F] by 2100. Similarly, the new report is believed to predict that sea-levels will rise by [a foot to a foot and a half] 2100. . . But even these changes are regarded by some as a conservative estimates arrived at by consensus. . . IPCC chairman, R K Pachauri. . . told Reuters that the report's findings will be "far more serious and much more a matter of concern" than in previous reports. For instance, it was previously thought that it would take hundreds of years for the Greenland ice sheet to melt right the way through. . . In 2006, satellite data suggested the ice sheet was disappearing three times faster than previously thought. http://tinyurl.com/26mq9f _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [email protected] http://fes.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
