Stark warning over climate change (BBC)

[eppur_se_muova]

The Earth is likely to experience a temperature rise of at least 3C, the UK government's chief scientist says.

Professor Sir David King warned this would happen because world governments were failing to agree on cutting emissions of greenhouse gases.
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A recent report called Avoiding Dangerous Climate Change, produced by the Hadley Centre, one of the top world centres for projecting future climate, modelled the likely effects of a 3C rise.

It warned the situation could wreck half the world's wildlife reserves, destroy major forest systems, and put 400 million more people at risk of hunger.
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more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4888946.stm

A fairly detailed article. Scroll down to the last para for a :puke: response from a ** spokesdroid.

[phantom power]

1. If only 400 million starve, we got off light. Very light.

I wonder if they're softening the numbers, because most people would refuse to believe the real ones.

[Delphinus]

2. Why in the world don't

these f*ckheads realize that there will be NO WORLD ECONOMY when these changes come into full swing?

~snip~
President Bush's chief climate adviser, James Connaughton, said he did not believe anyone could forecast a safe level and cutting greenhouse gas emissions could harm the world economy.