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Copenhagen conference: capitalist governments won't save the planet
Submitted by Matthew on 10 December, 2009 - 12:09
Author: Editorial
The Copenhagen conference on 7-18 December will be a disappointment on a gargantuan scale. Whatever agreement is reached next week, it will not turn the tide in time to significantly reduce emissions.
Research into the physical science has reinforced the urgency of action on climate change. A group of leading scientists, heavily involved in climate research through the official IPCC process, has published The Copenhagen Diagnosis, an updated synthesis of the latest findings. The scientists argued there is acceleration of melting of ice-sheets, glaciers and ice-caps in the Arctic, Greenland and elsewhere and rapid Arctic sea-ice decline. They say that sea-level predictions have been underestimated and need to be revised: by 2100, global sea-level is likely to rise at least twice as much as projected by the IPCC just two years ago.