Jump-starting climate action (with my comments in brackets)

The urgency of the current situation cannot be overemphasized [sure it can]: The latest scientific research tells us that global warming is accelerating at a rate beyond previous expectations [no it doesn't], and that the window for a timely response is closing quickly. Despite some political efforts to muddy the waters, there is scientific agreement that greenhouse gas emissions must now be stabilized within seven years or the world will face unpredictable climate-related catastrophes [no there isn't] -- far beyond the serious impacts already in evidence globally.
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Michael Northrop is program director for sustainable development at the Rockefeller Brothers Fund. David Sassoon runs SolveClimate.com, a website dedicated to debating and advancing solutions to global warming. Their last story for Yale Environment 360 examined how states are developing sweeping climate and energy policies in the absence of federal action.