If there was a report card on how the world is doing on issues related to climate change, it would read a resounding 'F'. Consider the figures. It took about 12,500 years between the last glacial age and today for global temperatures to rise six degrees Celsius. Yet in this century alone – despite heightened awareness of the need to arrest the ever-increasing levels of greenhouse gas emission – temperatures have risen up to four degrees Celsius.“Climate change is a major problem, yet there is failure at all levels to provide solutions,” said James Tang, dean at Singapore Management University's (SMU) School of Social Sciences, at the opening of a Social Sciences and Humanities Seminar, 'Hot Planet, Cool Ideas: Why Climate Change will Drive Innovation and Challenge Security in Asia'.
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