Climate Change Goals
Climate Interactive has a mode l they use to assess the impact of various climate change proposals. They're analysis is quite sobering, indicating that the 'agreement' reached at the recent Climate Change conference, the earth's temperature would increase 7 degrees F (4 degrees C) by the year 2100. This is substantially higher than the goal for temperature rise this century is 2.7 degrees F (1.5 degrees C). This link will take you to Climate Interactive's blog. That blog provides some additional background to the agreed goals for temperature rise, and current efforts to limit it. The New York Times had a fairly good overview article on the Copenhagen Climate Change Conference agreement. A CBS news report contains the following chilling news: " Reducing carbon dioxide levels to 350 would mean reversing the trend of the past couple of centuries. Carbon dioxide stays in the atmosphere for as long as 100 years. And the emissions cuts currently being ple...