Billions Face Risks From Climate Change

gollum123 writes with a link to a kind of grim BBC story. According to a report drawn up by 'hundreds of international environmental experts', billions of people face drought and famine, as well as an increase in natural disasters, as a result of climate change. Individuals in the poorest countries face the most danger, due to a lack of infrastructure and geographic location. "The scientific work reviewed by IPCC scientists includes more than 29,000 pieces of data on observed changes in physical and biological aspects of the natural world. Eighty-nine percent of these, it believes, are consistent with a warming world. Several delegations, including the US, Saudi Arabia, China and India, had asked for the final version to reflect less certainty than the draft."

Comments

I don't buy it

[MarkPNeyer]

Forgive me for not towing the line, but I find this stuff really hard to believe.

Re:Big mirror

[drix]

The facts support my opinion, dipshit. I'm tired of seeing sound research and an overwhelming plurality of scientists being backed into a corner by a small, vocal minority of agenda peddlers proclaiming their persecution at every turn. Yes you are entitled to your opinion, yes you are entitled to dissent, but the act of your dissenting in no way strengthens your case beyond proportion: you are one solitary voice, lost amongst a chorus of those say you are wrong. The lack of total consensus doesn't invalidate underlying debate, no matter how much you wish it.

So if you have something constructive to add, I'm all ears. The world awaits you, and you'd best hurry, because the tide of opinion is fast turning against you. OTOH, if you're content with sniping from behind the AC facade, well, that's rather telling, isn't it?