http://www.dianaswednesday.com/2007/11/un-climate-change-will-have-abrupt-and-irreversible-consequences/ Where the world comes together Sat, 30 Aug 2008 01:58:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 http://www.dianaswednesday.com/2007/11/un-climate-change-will-have-abrupt-and-irreversible-consequences/#comment-745 Diana Thébaud Nicholson Tue, 20 Nov 2007 03:35:38 +0000 http://www.dianaswednesday.com/2007/11/un-climate-change-will-have-abrupt-and-irreversible-consequences/#comment-745 <em>We did not know that the Environment Minister had recently traveled the road to Damascus, but Lo!</em> <a href="http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/November2007/17/c9590.html" rel="nofollow"><strong>Canada's Environment Minister Welcomes the Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)</strong></a> OTTAWA, Nov. 17 /CNW Telbec/ - Canada's Environment Minister John Baird today congratulated the Nobel Peace Prize-winning Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change on the release of its fourth and final report, covering key aspects of global climate change. "The science is clear [<strong>but wasn't six months ago? </strong>DTN] and Canada, like the rest of the world needs to take immediate action on climate change," said Minister Baird. "That is why we announced our Turning the Corner plan, which sets tough and achievable mandatory targets for all major industrial sectors which will cut greenhouse gas emissions by 20% by 2020 and by 60-70% by 2050." We did not know that the Environment Minister had recently traveled the road to Damascus, but Lo!
Canada’s Environment Minister Welcomes the Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
OTTAWA, Nov. 17 /CNW Telbec/ - Canada’s Environment Minister John Baird
today congratulated the Nobel Peace Prize-winning Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change on the release of its fourth and final report, covering key aspects of global climate change.
“The science is clear [but wasn’t six months ago? DTN] and Canada, like the rest of the world needs to take immediate action on climate change,” said Minister Baird. “That is why we announced our Turning the Corner plan, which sets tough and achievable mandatory targets for all major industrial sectors which will cut greenhouse gas emissions by 20% by 2020 and by 60-70% by 2050.”

]]> http://www.dianaswednesday.com/2007/11/un-climate-change-will-have-abrupt-and-irreversible-consequences/#comment-726 Diana Thébaud Nicholson Mon, 19 Nov 2007 02:38:31 +0000 http://www.dianaswednesday.com/2007/11/un-climate-change-will-have-abrupt-and-irreversible-consequences/#comment-726 <strong>Climate change will reverse decades of social and economic progress across Asia, campaigners claim.</strong> A report by [<a href="http://www.iied.org/CC/projects/workinggroup.html" rel="nofollow">The Working Group on Climate Change and Development</a>], a coalition of environment and aid agencies calls for urgent action to avert the threat. [It]says industrialised countries must cut carbon emissions massively by mid-century. The report - <em>Up In Smoke? Asia and the Pacific</em> - says Asia is "effectively on the front line of climate change", as it is home to almost two-thirds of the world's population. <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7094828.stm" rel="nofollow">More</a> Climate change will reverse decades of social and economic progress across Asia, campaigners claim.
A report by [The Working Group on Climate Change and Development], a coalition of environment and aid agencies calls for urgent action to avert the threat. [It]says industrialised countries must cut carbon emissions massively by mid-century.
The report - Up In Smoke? Asia and the Pacific - says Asia is “effectively on the front line of climate change”, as it is home to almost two-thirds of the world’s population. More

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