Climate Change, Politics, & Controversy

"To what extent is climate change actually occurring? . . .

Is our planet warming up by 1 degree Celsius, 2 degrees, or more? Is climate change entirely man made? And what can be done to counteract it? . . . the consequences of climate change are still hotly contested. It was therefore something of a political bombshell when unknown hackers stole more than 1,000 e-mails written by British climate researchers, and published some of them on the Internet. A scandal of gigantic proportions seemed about to break, and the media dubbed the affair 'Climategate' in reference to the Watergate scandal that led to the resignation of US President Richard Nixon. Critics claimed the e-mails would show that climate change predictions were based on unsound calculations."

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Surviving The 21st Century

What if the world warmed by 4 °C? What if the best efforts to curb greenhouse gas emissions fail? What if around the Earth climates continue to accelerate warming? "Some scientists and economists are considering not only what this world of the future might be like, but how it could sustain a growing human population."

First, the good news. Humankind can survive the various global catastrophes. That was to prepare you for the next sentence.

Now, the bad news. As part of the aggregate population, your children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren are not so likely to do so. That is, unless serious planning and implementation are undertaken very soon.

Certainly a very few people can and will survive, but many people? Not likely, according to mainstream climatologists unless nations the world over mobilize in a concerted effort.

"Alligators basking off the English coast; a vast Brazilian desert; the mythical lost cities of Saigon, New Orleans, Venice and Mumbai; and 90 per cent of humanity vanished. Welcome to the world warmed by 4 °C." More