UN Analysis Reveals Proposed Emissions Cuts Still Put Climate, Crops and Countries at Great Risk
 December 17, 2009 –
“A confidential UN analysis
obtained by the Guardian reveals
that the emissions cuts offered
so far at the Copenhagen climate
change summit will lead to global
temperatures rising by an average
of 3C,” report Suzanne Goldenberg,
John Vidal and Jonathan Watts from
Copenhagen in The Guardian (UK).
“The analysis seriously undermines the statements by governments that they are aiming to limit emissions to a level ensuring no more than a 2C temperature rise over the next century…a rise of 3C would mean up to 170 million more people suffering severe coastal floods and
550 million more at risk of hunger…” Continue reading…
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