A stark appraisal of the synthesis report of the IPCC 4th assessment (AR4) reveals some disturbing realities. First, stabilisation scenarios indicate that to have a reasonable chance of avoiding 2 to 2.4°C warming, we will need to achieve global emissions reductions of 50 to 85 percent by 2050, relative to year 2000 output and a levelling off by no later than […]
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