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malaise

(268,694 posts)
Fri Apr 11, 2014, 06:36 AM Apr 2014

Greenhouse gas emissions grew nearly twice as fast over the past decade as in the previous 30 years

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/apr/11/un-greenhouse-gas-emissions-doubled-decade-ipcc-report
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Greenhouse gas emissions grew nearly twice as fast over the past decade as in the previous 30 years, bringing the world closer to warming that will bring dramatic and dangerous changes to the climate, according to a leaked draft of a United Nations' report.

The report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) said the growth rate in emissions over the from 2000-10 was higher than expected – even after taking into account the economic slowdown.

"Global GHG [greenhouse gas] emissions have risen more rapidly between 2000 and 2010," said the draft obtained by the Guardian. "Current GHG emissions trends are at the high end of projected levels for the last decade."

The draft went on to warn that delaying emissions cuts beyond 2030 would make it harder to avoid the severe consequences of climate change.
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Greenhouse gas emissions grew nearly twice as fast over the past decade as in the previous 30 years (Original Post) malaise Apr 2014 OP
And the global temperature indices Edim Apr 2014 #1
Ahem... GliderGuider Apr 2014 #2
How convinient! Edim Apr 2014 #3
I'll take George Bernard Shaw's advice here GliderGuider Apr 2014 #4
And I'm taking bets malaise Apr 2014 #5

Edim

(300 posts)
1. And the global temperature indices
Fri Apr 11, 2014, 07:08 AM
Apr 2014

plateaued over the past decade.
http://www.woodfortrees.org/plot/hadcrut4gl/plot/rss/plot/uah

Where's the beef? The emperor has no clothes and the AGW consensus 'science' is a cargo cult science.

"So I call these things cargo cult science, because they follow all the apparent precepts and forms of scientific investigation, but they're missing something essential, because the planes don't land."

 

GliderGuider

(21,088 posts)
4. I'll take George Bernard Shaw's advice here
Fri Apr 11, 2014, 07:59 AM
Apr 2014

"Never wrestle with a pig. You both get dirty, and the pig likes it."

Enjoy your stay on DU.

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