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Date Posted: 14:05:50 05/06/07 Sun In reply to: sci guy 's message, "hmm Kyoto isn't going to kill the economy." on 10:19:41 05/06/07 Sun That's because we're not doing it. > >href="http://news.sympatico.msn.cbc.ca/ScienceandTech/C >ontentPosting.aspx?feedname=CBC-TECH-SCIENCE&newsitemid >=climate-report&showbyline=True">http://news.sympatico. >msn.cbc.ca/ScienceandTech/ContentPosting.aspx?feedname= >CBC-TECH-SCIENCE&newsitemid=climate-report&showbyline=T >rue > >Fighting global warming won't ruin economy, climate >panel says >04/05/2007 10:56:07 AM > >------------------------------------------------------- >------------------------- > > >A UN-led climate change report released Friday says >keeping greenhouse gas emissions near current levels >would cost only a tiny fraction of world economic >output, but that more drastic reductions are needed by >2050 in order to keep global warming in check. > > > >A Skytrain moves along elevated tracks Friday in >Bangkok, Thailand, where delegates to a conference >hailed a policy statement as a key advance toward >battling global warming. >(Sakchai Lalit/Associated Press) > >The summary of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate >Change's third report this year said keeping >greenhouse gas emissions between 445 and 710 parts per >million by 2030 would cost three per cent of global >GDP - or 0.12 per cent annually - or less. > >Greenhouse gas concentrations are now at about 430 >ppm, but the report warns that, if current trends >continue, emissions are expected to rise between 45 >and 110 per cent by 2030. > >Two earlier reports this year said the continued rise >in greenhouse gas emissions could be disastrous for >the planet's health, saying that rising temperatures >and sea levels could lead to extinction of species, >coastal flooding and water shortages in arid regions. > >"If we continue doing what we are doing now, we are in >deep trouble," cautioned Ogunlade Davidson, the chair >of one of the working groups at the weeklong >conference in Bangkok, Thailand, where the report was >unveiled. > >The report suggests a number of strategies for >reducing emissions, including: > >- Improving energy efficiency in buildings. > >- Switching from coal to sources of renewable energy >like solar power. > >- Increasing fuel efficiency in vehicles. > >- Improving crop and land management. > >- Introducing economic measures, such as energy >incentives or carbon trading initiatives. > >University of Toronto climate change expert Danny >Harvey, one of the lead authors of the report the >summary was based on, said the findings are a wake-up >call for those who think climate change policies are >economically unachievable. > >"There are a lot of people who say that if you start >reducing emissions you'll ruin the economy," Harvey >told CBC News Online. "But these are just scare >tactics." > >But to keep global temperatures from rising more than >two degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, >emissions would have to stabilize by 2015 and be >reduced by between 50 to 85 per cent by 2050, the >report said. > >Must reduce fossil fuel dependence > >Achieving these drastic reductions may be difficult to >manage given our current reliance on fossil fuels, >said Bob Evans, the director of the University of >British Columbia's Clean Energy Research Centre. > >"Worldwide we depend on fossil fuels for 80 per cent >of our total energy consumption so it will take a long >time to completely eliminate our use of fossil fuels," >he told CBC News. > >But while the task seems daunting, Evans said the only >way to deal with the problem is quickly. > >"We need to start working on things now to get to as >good a position as possible by mid-century, I think," >he said. > >Contributors to the report were pleasantly surprised >by how much of it stayed in Friday's document after >delegates from over 120 countries spent a week of >wrangling over the wording. > >Almost no changes were made, said John Drexhage, the >director of the International Institute for >Sustainable Development's climate change and energy >program, and one of the lead authors of the report. > >"It unexpectedly went the way I expected," Drexhage >told CBC News Online. > >Drexhage said now that the scientists have spoken it's >time for the politicians to establish the regulatory >framework needed to make these goals achievable. > >The report is the third of four to be produced by the >Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change this year. >The first report laid down the scientific foundations >for the next three, stating that global warming was >"unequivocal" and very likely caused by man-made >greenhouse gases produced from the burning of fossil >fuels. > >The second report - which so far has only come out as >a summary for policy-makers - looked at the >consequences of global warming, predicting widespread >extinction of species and water shortages in the >developing world if temperatures were to rise by even >two degrees. > >A fourth report, summarizing the finding of the >previous three, is expected in the fall. > >With files from the Associated Press [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] |
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| did you even READ the article? | sci guy | 17:29:27 05/06/07 Sun |