Climate Panel Report Called Too Conservative

Climate Change, Yes – But How Fast?

By Stephen Leahy

Tierramérica (Feb 5) – The predictions in the new report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which says the planet’s average temperatures could increase four degrees Celsius by 2100, are seen as solid forecasts by some scientists, while others say they fall short.

The IPCC’s Fourth Assessment Report, running 1,600 pages and officially released in Paris Feb. 2, says the scientific data about global warming and humankind’s responsibility are now overwhelming.
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New Era of Spin in the War to Save Ourselves From Global Warming

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By Stephen Leahy

Feb 5 (IPS) – With the stark realisation that global warming is transforming our world, there will be crazy new era of “greenwashing”, desperate “geo-engineering” schemes, “grandfathering” of newly-built coal power plants and carbon-credit “profiteering”, environmentalists warn.

Welcome to the battle to save ourselves and future generations from the worst impacts of climate change, like increased floods, droughts and storms.
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Immediate, Mandatory Emissions Cuts Only Solution to Global Warming Crisis

Paraphrase of the Day:

People should expect their governments to legislate immediate, substantial and manadatory cuts to emissions of greenhouse gases by all sectors. Anything less will be a pretense.

— Pat Mooney, the ETC Group, an international NGO.

Now available here: New Era of Spin in the War to Save Ourselves From Global Warming

IMPORTANT NOTICE: Your Input Needed for Special Global Warming Project

Over the years people have asked for explanations about various aspects of global warming or climate change (ie what’s the difference?). I’ve probably written close to 100 stories on climate change but it may be time to put the whole subject together in a format that is concise, accurate and easy to understand. So I’m considering putting together a very brief eBook as an PDF electronic download and offering it on the highly-regarded self-publishing site lulu.com or from me directly.

Before investing the time and effort to put this together – please remember my livelihood is independent environmental journalism – I would like to have at least 25 people send me an email (writersteve AT gmail . com) or a comment to let me know they support this idea and would consider purchasing it. (only $5.00 — see ad notice below)

Please pass this link on to anyone who might be interested — or you think should be:].

Cheers and thanks for your support — Stephen

 

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Really Brief BUT Authoritative Guide to Global Warming
Global warming, the latest climate science (including the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Feb 2 report) and how it is changing our world explained in less than 20 factual and easily understood pages by experienced science writer Stephen Leahy.

 

Includes loads of links to high-quality, authoritative websites for more detailed information and further exploration of the most important issue of the 21st century.

$5.00 as high-quality eBook as PDF electronic download. (Note: To be published only if enough people say they want it.)

Global Warming The Slow-Motion Train Wreck

Paraphrase of the Day:

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) new report represents a major leap forward in the understanding of climate science. For me climate change is a slow-motion train wreck. — David Fahey, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Earth System Research Laboratory.

Story now available here:  Climate Panel Report Called Too Conservative

India’s Right to Produce Low-Cost, Life Saving Drugs Challenged by Big Pharma

Patients Before Patents, Groups Urge

By Stephen Leahy

Jan 29 (IPS) – A quarter of a million people from over 150 countries don’t think a multinational drug company should seek to overturn a provision of India’s patent law that permits the manufacture of low-cost life-saving drugs for the world’s poor.

Swiss pharmaceutical giant Novartis AG went to India’s High Court Monday to challenge India’s new patent laws despite months of pressure from health organisations working in the developing world.
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Iraq’s Birds and Marshes Return Amid Bullets, Bombs and Violence

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By Stephen Leahy

Jan 25 (IPS) – Can Iraqi dreams for a better future be glimpsed in the publication Thursday of the first-ever field guide to the country’s 387 bird species?

“For Iraq, a nation that has lost so much of its wildlife in the last 20 years, this book opens the door for the growing conservation movement in this country,” said Ali Douabul of Nature Iraq, an Iraqi NGO focused on the protection and restoration of the environment.

Published in Arabic, the “Field Guide to the Birds of Iraq” is a fully illustrated guide based on three years of surveys by mainly Iraqi and Jordanian birders and biologists.

Why a bird book for Iraq?
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Massive Ecological Impacts Coming with New ‘Hothouse’ Climate

Endless Summer Not As Nice As It Sounds

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By Stephen Leahy

Jan 25 (IPS) – Warmer, wetter and stormier — the largest ever scientific review of climate change will say there is virtually no doubt that emissions from burning fossil fuels are causing the documented rise in global temperatures.
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Birds of Iraq Book Sparks Hope for Wildlife Conservation

birds_of_iraq_front_cover_resize.jpgParaphrase of the Day:

Iraq has lost much of its wildlife over the past 20 years but the newly published Field Guide to the Birds of Iraq opens the door for the growing conservation movement in this country. — Ali Douabul of Nature Iraq, an Iraqi NGO.

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Iraq’s Birds and Marshes Return Amid Bullets, Bombs and Violence

Amid Sectarian Chaos, Bird Lovers Persevere