The A, B, C's of Limiting Climate Risk - NYTimes.com

What’s refreshing is that the building human influence on the climate system is not being portrayed definitively as an unfolding catastrophe, with present-day events cast as the reason for action. That approach, from Katrina forward, was bound to fail, given the variability of conditions year to year and persistent (and non-manufactured) uncertainty surrounding some of the most consequential impacts (for instance, the pace and extent of warming and sea-level rise in this century).

Andrew Weaver vs Tim Flannery « NoFrakkingConsensus

From this perspective, Flannery’s instincts are the most admirable. He recognizes that the IPCC is a political football and is repelled. Weaver, on the other hand, tries to convince himself (and us) that all the UN-grade intrigue connected to the IPCC doesn’t really matter.

Only 20 Days Until The 2011 Catlin Survey | Real Science

As The Guardian pointed out, Arctic temperatures are soaring at -32 degrees.