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Climate Damage 'Irreversible' According Leaked Climate Report

Posted by Unknown on from the midsummer-2045 dept.

New submitter SomeoneFromBelgium (3420851) writes According to Bloomberg a leaked climate report from the IPPC speaks of "Irreversible Damage." The warnings in the report are, as such, not new but the tone of voice is more urgent and more direct than ever. It states among other things that global warming already is affecting "all continents and across the oceans," and that "risks from mitigation can be substantial, but they do not involve the same possibility of severe, widespread, and irreversible impacts as risks from climate change, increasing the benefits from near-term mitigation action."

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  1. Interesting slam of Judith Curry by mdsolar · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    The report is getting slammed by sloppy thinkers. Judith Curry's conceptual difficulties are detailed here: http://www.realclimate.org/ind...

  2. I don't believe it by slashdice · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Barack Obama healed the earth with his inaugural address in 2008!

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  3. Re:What? by thedonger · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Sequestered carbon being ADDED to the atmosphere is the issue - coal, oil, gas, peat.

    Wait a minute...If saving the planet means no more peat then fuck the planet and pour me some Islay whisky.

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