Climate Negotiations Fail to Keep Pace with Science

[Bok]

DURBAN, South Africa--By 2020, human activity could produce some 55 billion metric tons of greenhouse gases per year, up from roughly 36 billion metric tons per year currently. All the accumulating gas is enough to raise the global average temperatures by more than 3 degrees Celsius by century's end--more than triple the amount of warming that has already occurred. Emission reductions pledged under the Cancun Agreements , which cover some 85 percent of all national greenhouse gas emissions in the world, are meant to slow that warming. "I think its safe to say the current commitment is scientifically sound," argued Xie Zhenhua, vice chairman of China's National Development and Reform Commission and lead climate envoy, in a press briefing here on December 6.
[More] (http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=climate-negotiations-fail)

http://images.pheedo.com/images/mm/digg.gif (http://www.pheedcontent.com/hostedMorselClick.php?hfmm=v3:3e86c114eb5774a88ef8b4d00525a116:6pUD5rUUwZmmZKsMiRHi%2FafC8mgGRatI308 bHRLu59E2jzuoHbzdOvSnXrzro0Z%2FBLPTKDPH%2FdZ5ww%3D%3D) http://images.pheedo.com/images/mm/stumbleit.gif (http://www.pheedcontent.com/hostedMorselClick.php?hfmm=v3:bd8e1e536c73c2b48d46fad02c10c3b7:0Ln2S%2BNdArEa2ni2uL3bD6gBqVj60vexP2V PIN9K0AbuT4qjNJMUdoZ19%2FhQCcx4zqtSSceO%2FD5AwEU%3D) http://images.pheedo.com/images/mm/reddit.png (http://www.pheedcontent.com/hostedMorselClick.php?hfmm=v3:eafbd5deb471fff921fbaa98a14caad3:JYCAc2g%2F2ksGfK0mxSUtco%2BzxCRm8jozO B5HlRcLyBfMBZjuAHl7D4SkORdivtSQ93gkl0xuqi3INg%3D%3D) http://images.pheedo.com/images/mm/facebook.gif (http://www.pheedcontent.com/hostedMorselClick.php?hfmm=v3:e41aa9fa167e370dc751d0aa6715d47a:EHUtr%2FIRrDgIbAFDGCb6n74ohTttXX39SoH k%2Fmp3YE8x3i9iPWpQjz%2Baki8rMyciGrYwLlbNrNu7Irk%3D) http://images.pheedo.com/images/mm/delicious.gif (http://www.pheedcontent.com/hostedMorselClick.php?hfmm=v3:b74a740c3ac3c451e107959b232ddb8e:j4lNPaNMovYluEKybs%2FwZAUCJBusQcSan%2 B4f%2FwSpye7BJ67pAxKDAL8Rh%2F34BnezUEGow51TZ%2For9g%3D%3D) http://images.pheedo.com/images/mm/emailthis.png (http://www.pheedcontent.com/hostedMorselClick.php?hfmm=v3:f610e67e6454795ae89ae721986e3895:pLhs173D66K9%2FxwBxmgcmhVcr13snADruax LPDEVEwjM2D68J7ExtDOrF9XQ53ymI3learto7lD%2FwQ%3D%3D)
http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?p=1 (http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?p=1)http://segment-pixel.invitemedia.com/pixel?code=News&partnerID=167&key=segmenthttp://insight.adsrvr.org/track/evnt/?ct=0:5wz49e9&adv=wouzn4v&fmt=3

More... (http://rss.sciam.com/click.phdo?i=d3bbf82fac98eca79009968f23818f1f)