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Stern warns that climate change is far worse than 2006 estimate
Danny Fortson, The Independent
Lord Stern, the economist whose report on climate change helped galvanise world leaders behind the green energy movement when it was published 18 months ago, has admitted that the situation is far worse than the assumptions that formed the basis of his ground-breaking report.
“We badly underestimated the degree of damages and the risks of climate change,” said Lord Stern in a speech in London yesterday. “All of the links in the chain are on average worse than we thought a couple of years ago.”
When it was first published, the Stern Review and its recommendations – zero-emission automobiles around the world by 2050, for example – brought plaudits and brickbats from the different sides of the climate change debate. A year and a half on from its publication, Lord Stern dismissed the doubters and renewed his call for urgent global action: “People who said this was scaremongering are profoundly wrong. If anything, I was too reticent. What we are playing for is the transformation of the planet,” he said.
Greenhouse gas emissions are growing much faster than previously thought because of several factors that were not fully appreciated before, including the release of methane from thawing permafrost, the acidification of oceans, and the decay of carbon sinks.
(17 April 2008)
How to win the war on global warming
TIME Magazine
This is our third annual special issue on the environment but also a historic first: for this one issue, we’ve exchanged our trademarked Red Border for a green one. By doing so, we are sending a clear–and colorful–message to our readers about the importance of this subject, not just to Americans but to everyone else around the world as well.
In our environment issue two years ago, we declared that the debate on climate change was over and that the verdict was in: the world is irrefutably warming. Last year we showed how we all have a role in saving the planet, devoting our issue to 51 things that you can do to help alleviate climate change. This year, in an agenda-setting piece by Bryan Walsh, we roll up everything into one megaproposal, a kind of 21st century Manhattan Project, using carbon-trading, alternative energy and an efficiency surge to get the most out of every kilowatt we produce–all with the aim of winning the war on global warming. … (Why We’re Going Green)
Contents
How to Win the War on Global Warming
The Right War by BAN KI-MOON,Secretary-General of the United Nations.
Climate Control & the Candidates
The Japanese Way
Large version of cover
(28 April 2008)
Pointed out by Joseph Romm at Gristmill: Sneak peek at Time’s cover story.
