tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5672498644411374237.post3929910671773497084..comments2023-12-30T03:23:35.965+11:00Comments on Australian Observer: Copenhagen Accord pledgesPAUL BARRATThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13447792285944889375noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5672498644411374237.post-84301690659357704362010-04-29T10:55:13.236+10:002010-04-29T10:55:13.236+10:00I agree that there is a great deal of literature i...I agree that there is a great deal of literature indicating that we will break the 2 deg C warming barrier which some deem "safe".<br /><br />The key insight in this Nature Opinion piece is the fact that the situation regarding international action to mitigate emissions is much worse than it looks - there are many countries with a large bank of credits that can enter into commitments without taking action in the early years because they can simply offset their credits from the past.PAUL BARRATThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13447792285944889375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5672498644411374237.post-44210992207600107872010-04-24T00:20:58.063+10:002010-04-24T00:20:58.063+10:00Actually this is but the latest science article sa...Actually this is but the latest science article saying that we are most like to break the 2'C theoretically safe warming barrier.<br /><br />Earlier this year UNEP did a short internal note called "How Close are we to the Two Degree Limit?"<br /><br />And last year I did an appraisal that came to the same conclusion. The on-line version of which is here<br /><a href="http://www.science-com.concatenation.org/archive/can_we_beat_the_climate_crunch.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.science-com.concatenation.org/archive/can_we_beat_the_climate_crunch.html</a>Jonathanhttp://www.science-com.concatenation.orgnoreply@blogger.com