"...I think we have not even begun to understand how serious are the underlying trends that we have brought to bear on the sustainability of this planet.
"A classic illustration is the ... luxury of this continued debate about scientific uncertainty with climate change. If even 10 per cent of what the IPCC [the UN's Intergovernment Panel on Climate Change] said were to come true, it should actually make us sit up and say immediately, 'change course!'."
A Fresh Look at How Humans Are Loading Climate 'Dice' - NYTimes.com
The real significance of extreme events is as harbingers, not just of a changing climate but also of a changing world in which human society and the infrastructure that supports it are becoming increasingly vulnerable to natural disasters. The mounting disruptions in their wake reveal the progressive deterioration of our planetary life-support systems. Extreme events are, indeed, teachable moments: “wake-up calls” that an environmental crisis of global proportions is imminent—much more so than the subtle and sometimes ambiguous early warning signs of global warming might lead us to believe.
Tom Friedman cites Trotsky on climate | JunkScience.com
As if any Marxist revolutionary has ever brought anything but misery to his allegedly beloved masses.
The Reference Frame: Why I am alarmed about climate change
Thanks to Luboš Motl for providing me the place for a guest post.
Chris Horner made a great presentation at the European Institute For Climate and Energy’s (EIKE) 4th Climate Conference, Munich, in November, 2011. A must-watch, recently posted video!
Greenhouse Gas Emissions - Loading the Dice for Extreme Weather - The Daily Green
If the dice are rolling a hard 6 one too many times, it's time to pay attention.
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