Something I’m not going to spend time on this week but will get to very soon and wanted to mention now: The latest IPCC report came out last month and it sounds an increasingly-loud alarm to a world that still seems determined not to listen.The growing risks of climate change are so profound, the scientists said, they could stall or even reverse generations of progress against poverty and hunger if greenhouse emissions continue at their current pace.
Failure to reduce emissions could threaten society with food shortages, refugee crises, the flooding of major cities and entire island nations, mass extinction of plants and animals, and a climate so drastically altered it might become dangerous for people to work or play outside during the hottest times of the year.
And 2014 is looking very much like it will be the hottest year on record, beating out 2010 which beat out 2005 and so much for the “global warming has stopped” bull.
I will stop there because I do want to spend some significant time on this, which I promise to do very soon.
Sources cited in links:
http://www.aol.com/article/2014/11/02/un-climate-report-offers-stark-warnings-hope/20987374/
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/03/world/europe/global-warming-un-intergovernmental-panel-on-climate-change.html?_r=0
http://www.cnn.com/2014/11/30/tech/innovation/record-temperatures/index.html?hpt=hp_t2
http://www.climate-change-guide.com/hottest-years-on-record.html
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