Another report from Davos

Here.

Excerpt:

Rajendra K. Pachauri. Chairman of the intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (and arguably the most senior person on climate change in the world) underlined the short term seriousness of the situation. We have 7 years where carbon emissions can increase. After that they must come down and dramatically. Regardless, we are looking at a relatively short term future of heat waves, floods, droughts, famine.

A few comments:

1. Note that Pachauri is an "economist and engineer"; Al Gore feared Pachauri's "virulent anti-American statements" would undermine the IPCC's authority in the United States.

2. Note that Pachauri has also recently suggested that we can fight climate change by becoming vegetarians.

3. Let's see the math backing that "7 years" figure. Why is the figure not seven days or seventy-zillion years?

4. The article suggests that we have a "growing" consensus on fighting climate change. Recent data suggests that climate hysteria peaked about a year ago and is now fading. See here, here, and here.