The UN climate-change summit is to take place this December in Copenhagen and it could be one of the last chances to make significant agreements to cut carbon emissions. An August meeting in Bonn ended with so many disagreements the director of the UN climate-change support team stated, "Time is not on our side"
Climate Summit Agreement Still Far Off
The very depressing part is the cap and trade bill up for debate in the Senate, if passed, will only cut US carbon emissions 13% by 2020. With the development of China and India raising those countries emissions our cut is paltry. Leading climate change scientists in a report released in Geneva say the developed world must cut emissions by 40% by 2020.
"The rapidly warming Arctic region is destabilizing Earth's climate in ways science is just beginning to comprehend."
This is scary shit and the time to act is now. I would even suggest that the participants attend the conference by video, cutting down on emissions from air travel.
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