Copenhagen cuts 'clearly not enough': Scientist

Times of india , Saturday, December 12, 2009
Correspondent : AP
COPENHAGEN: A key scientist says greenhouse emissions cuts on the table at UN climate talks are "clearly not enough" to assure the world it will head off dangerous global warming.

Thomas Stocker, head of the U.N. scientific group studying the link between emissions and temperatures, told reporters Saturday meeting the required target "may be too much to ask at this stage."

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, of which Stocker is a key member, warns that allowing average temperatures to rise more than 2 degrees C (3.6 degrees F) above preindustrial levels could do serious damage globally.

The IPCC recommends reducing industrialized nations' emissions by 25-40 percent by 2020, compared with 1990. Independent researchers estimate current pledges amount to only 8-12 percent.

 
SOURCE : http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/environment/global-warming/Copenhagen-cuts-clearly-not-enough-Scientist/articleshow/5331219.cms
 


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