Thursday, May 10, 2007

Climate change 'can be tackled'


The growth in greenhouse gas emissions can be curbed at reasonable cost, experts at a major UN climate change conference in Bangkok have agreed.

Boosting renewable energy, reducing deforestation and improving energy efficiency can all help, they said.

This is the third report this year from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), and aims to set out the costs and benefits of various policies.

IPCC chair Rajendra Pachauri said the report was "stunning".

"Human society as a whole has to look for changes in consumption patterns," he told reporters at a news conference in the Thai capital.

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