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Climate Change: Is Anybody Listening?

Max Strasser, April 1, 2014 (Newsweek)

“The planet is poised for disaster, according to a [just released] landmark study…Forests will burn, cities will flood and infrastructure will collapse under the strain of a warming climate. Climate change will also lead to increased food insecurity and even wars over resources, says the report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which was set up by the United Nations' Environment Program…[W]ritten by more than 300 scientists and based on thousands of peer-reviewed research documents, [it] says some of the problems of climate change can be mitigated if warming doesn’t continue on its current trajectory…[But] will governments take action? People concerned about the future of humanity hope so. But…[the] two biggest greenhouse gas emitters, China and the United States, remain particularly stubborn on serious cuts to [emissions]…And the U.N. framework for a comprehensive approach to the problem remains mired in seemingly endless negotiations…” click here for more

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