It was Barack Obama who pushed all 20 high-emitting countries into accepting 2degC as the never-exceed limit on global warming at the G8/G20 summit in Italy, so we are already halfway there. Maybe at Copenhagen, he’ll drop the other …
|
|||||
|
AAP: An international pledge to peg global warming to two degrees is a pipe dream, and most governments know it, says an Australian researcher. World leaders gathered in Italy in July to discuss the global offensive on climate change … No wonder skeptics consider the left’s belief in man-made global warming as akin to a fad religion — last week in Italy, G8 leaders pledged to not allow the Earth’s temperature to rise more than 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit. … The agreement reached at the recent summit of the Group of Eight industrial nations (the G8) held in Italy to limit global warming to no more than 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit) could help a post-Kyoto Protocol treaty … G8 issues scorecardL’AQUILA, Italy — Here is a look at key agreements at the Group of Eight summit in L’Aquila, Italy: If you aren’t in Italy you might not realize, but two events have occurred on global warming pollution where leaders of the 17 largest emitting countries are trying to make progress in the run-up to Copenhagen (this December). … The summit of the Group of Eight industrial nations – the G8 – being held in Italy has agreed to try limiting global warming to 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 Fahrenheit) and also cut greenhouse-gas emissions in the member-nations by 80%. … The Group of Eight industrial nations, meeting for a few days this week in Italy, released a joint statement today on stopping global warming . (See below.) With no firm commitment to slash human-created, heat-trapping greenhouse gases … |
|||||