"We have little time to act, the more we wait, the more expensive it will be" ... This is the warning issued Sunday in Copenhagen (Denmark), the authors of the 5th IPCC (Intergovernmental Group of Experts on Climate Change). "We have the means to mitigate climate change, said its chairman, Rajendra K. Pachauri. The solutions are
and allow many economic and continuous human development. Everything we need is the will to change "...
The report, written by 800 scientists from around the world - climate scientists, economists, etc. - Stresses the urgency of implementing "ambitious" program to reduce emissions of greenhouse gas emissions to limit climate change. Greatly reduce these emissions "does not significantly affect the growth," he said.
"If we continue as now, said the Secretary General of the United Nations
Ban Ki-Moon, our chances to keep the temperature rise to below 2 degrees Celsius will disappear during the next decade. Even if emissions were to stop tomorrow, we would still live for some time with climate change. The good news is that if we act immediately and decisively, we have the means to build a better and more sustainable world. "
The report, the most comprehensive assessment on the subject since 2007, should be the basis for international negotiations. The 195 member countries of the Convention of the UN on Climate Change (UNFCCC) will meet next month in Lima (Peru) to discuss a supposed agreement to be concluded in December 2015 in Paris (France).
The previous climate summit, there are five years in Copenhagen had ended in fiasco. Since then, climate change, or global warming otherwise known irregularity continues to generate, including melting ice and increasing the level of the sea. And to cause forced displacement ...
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