Just because they're European doesn't mean they're wrong

Thu, 2005-12-01 07:49Jim Hoggan

Just because they're European doesn't mean they're wrong

A Deutche Welle feature from Nov. 29, 2005, began, as the UN climate summit began, with the European Environment Agency warning: "Europe is facing the worst climate change in five millennia as a result of global warming." EAA Executive Director Jacqueline McGlade said, "Even if we constrain global warming to the EU target of a two-degree (Celsius) increase, we will be living in atmospheric conditions that human beings have never experienced. Deeper cuts in emissions are needed."

Or else ....

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