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theenergycollective.com - 6/23/2009

Climate chaos, indeed

— theenergycollective.com — We are continually faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as insoluble problems. – John... W. Gardner The quote above came to mind when I read ‘Worst Case’ Scenario: New Report Says World Is Warming Faster than Thought : Two degrees — that value has long been ... (more) Climate chaos, indeed

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The Two-Degree Solution
Dot Earth — ... beyond a threshold long favored by European governments and many climate campaigners as a no-go zone. The chosen danger zone, derived from a host of scientific studies over the last two decades, lies 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit) beyond the planet’s average temperature in 1850 or so. (That translates to about a 2 degree Fahrenheit warming from today’s global average, by some ways of measuring, of about 59 degrees.) But, given the persistent lack of clarity on how much the world will warm from a certain buildup of greenhouse gases and the divergent views around ...

The Meaning of the G-8’s ‘2 Degrees’ Goal; Adequate? Realistic? Too Vague?A Distraction Maybe?
The Yale Forum on Climate Change & The Media — ... . The idea of this two-degree limit Celsius has a long scientific history stretching back to the 1980s. It started to be cemented in policy circles after the European Union adopted the target in 1996. But the meaning of that simple number, many observers say, is more slippery than it appears. And though it’s supported strongly by Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change data, it still involves some subjective analysis. A Delicate Compromise … and a Value Judgment IPCC chairman Rajendra Pachauri has ...