19 February 2007

Caps off

The UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is preparing to tell global governments that it is likely that material loss of the polar ice sheets may be unavoidable due to greenhouse gases irrespective of current and future efforts to reduce them. Such a loss could lead to sea level rises of four to six metres which would have catastrophic effects on human life including creating tens, if not hundred, of millions of refugees and displaced peoples and radically reshaping ecosystems. Time to say goodbye to Bangladesh, Kiribati, the Seychelles and New Orleans (if we haven't already).

This comes at the same time as we find out that British CO2 contributions are significantly higher than official figures due to the fact that major companies are underreporting their emissions, perhaps deliberately.

Well at least I'm not young!

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