Global Call for Action on Climate Change (IPCC)

[jpak]

http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/tech/2007/may/04/050404353.html

Delegates at an international conference on climate change brokered a blueprint Friday for combatting global warming, resisting pressure from China to tone down language on cutting emissions of heat-trapping gases.

The delegates agreed the world can avoid the catastrophic consequences of global warming by drastically reducing its reliance over the next few decades on the burning of coal, oil and other fossil fuels that produce greenhouse gases. Their report also advocates significantly reducing the deforestation of the planet.

<snip>

The report urges an array of measures - including biofuels, renewable energy sources, greater energy efficiency and agricultural reforms - to keep world temperatures from rising more than 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit) over preindustrial age levels.

<snip>

However, the U.S. delegation was vocal over the role nuclear power could play in efforts to reduce greenhouse gasses. European nations reminded policy makers not to forget the security risks that could be associated with that.

<more>