Pressing the snooze button can sometimes seem like one more moment of calm before having to get up and hurry to face the day. But will this extra time help? Well, no, when it comes to the climate, all the major climate scientists agree: we do not have the luxury of time.
The United Nations scientific panel on climate change today published its latest report on the impacts of climate change, underlining the need for strong and urgent international action to address the risks facing the world from a changing climate.
Commenting on the report, Connie Hedegaard said: "More knowledge is always good, more action would be even better. When the alarm goes off, many just hit the snooze button. This does not work anymore when it comes to the climate. It's time to wake up and bring action to the scale needed. Europe is preparing an ambitious reduction target for 2030 to be adopted later this year. I appeal to all major emitters to do the same urgently. It's time to get serious."
See full Press Release: http://ec.europa.eu/commission_2010-2014/hedegaard/headlines/news/2014-03-31_01_en.htm
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