Monday, March 23, 2009

The good news from Copenhagen


First the bad news, and please bear with me as this may take some time.

The impact of climate change, existential in its nature and all consuming in its scope, will be far more severe and felt far earlier than previously thought.

The latest scientific research presented at this week's meeting of climate scientists in Copenhagen confirms what many had privately feared: we are on track for the worst case scenario set out by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change two years ago, and the instabilities in the climate system coupled with the fact that many natural carbon sinks are beginning to fail mean that it could be worse still.

See full Article.