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IPCC – World Has 8 Years To Act To Save Itself From Global Warming

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Today the IPCC released its 4th installment of its report on global warming. It has found that only .12 percent of world GDP would be needed to stave off the harmful effects of climate change. Echoing the Stern Report it shows that the only thing we should be afraid of is doing nothing. The report focused on economic changes that need to be made, pointing out that emissions must start declining by the year 2015 to prevent the world’s temperature from rising more than 2 degrees Celsius over pre-industrialized temperatures. (a scenario that would be catastrophic)

Read the summary for policy makers here (doc)

While some governments try to delay action, the switch to a cleaner and more efficient energy system is already underway, according to a new report from WWF.

A new briefing from the global conservation organization, Stop Climate Change: It Is Possible highlights 15 ways in which people, business and governments work with WWF to reduce CO2 emissions and help slow global warming.

The report highlights initiatives from around the world, ranging from India to Brazil, that save energy and reduce carbon pollution.

In Thailand, a new law encourages the clean production of energy from biofuel plants that will feed into the electricity grid. Elsewhere, major businesses have signed up for WWF’s Climate Savers programme and are actively reducing their carbon emissions. And in the UK a new campaign shows that people can simply unplug their phone chargers to cut standby power consumption.

“Taking action brings real savings and other benefits to consumers and businesses while preventing dangerous climate change,” says Hans Verolme, Director of WWF’s Global Climate Change Programme. “The planet is running a fever and people are working with WWF to cool it – global warming is costing us dearly already but by acting now we can avoid future calamities.”

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC’s) third working group, meeting in Bangkok today, showed that the cost of doing nothing about global warming is far higher than the cost of cleaning up our economies.

The WWF has said that to stay below a dangerous rise in temperature of 2°C the world needs to reduce global CO2 emissions by over 50 per cent by the middle of this century. Independent economic assessments have confirmed that this pays off. A claim backed up in todays report.

“We have all the technological and economic tools available today – governments now need to implement clean energy solutions and remove the obstacles that still prevent their break-through,” says Dr Stephan Singer, Head of WWF’s European Climate Change Program and expert reviewer of the report by IPCC Working Group III. “The facts are clear – preventing climate change is the best deal for the global economy, so why are we still waiting?”

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  11. I think that global warming is a bad affect on the earth….. by briana

    i think global warming is a bad thing because all the people who live on the coast will get flooded out and will have to move up north causing the middle of the u.s. to have a lot of people living there.. which means the schools will be packed.. the towns will be packed…… by erica lee

  12. i think people should be warned abot global warming so that they will decrease the use of chemicals that destroy our ozone

  14. I’m doing a project on Global Warming for Law, so i have a question, when are we expected to get hit with devistaiting affects? Because o far the U.S.A. hasn’t really been paying attention to Global Warming or the fact that it is the cause of these Tropical Storms, Hurricans and Tornados!! When will they see that they aren’t making it any better???
    And why wont the U.S.A. sign the treaty??

  15. Ashley: It is anyones guess when the weather will get really bad. It is a dynamic system that is always changing. If we play our cards right we might be able to avoid a lot of the really bad stuff.

    As far as when the united states will get serious about climate change? I would say shortly after the next round of elections. Or at least I hope so.

  16. WE’RE ALLL GOING TO DIE IN 8 YEARS OMG STOP GLOBAL WARMING!!!!! car pool please it also is saving fossil fuels =]

  17. I think Global Warming should be a big concern for everyone, Dont just sit there and say the government needs to do something because they havent moved an inch in the past 30 years, however on a global scale the water has. We should all do our part no matter how small after all it only takes a month to lose a bad habit. If needs be, we might just have to vote the green party and make them put their money where their mouth is. (sorry about the politics)

  18. Okay we have to stop Glabal Warming because people don’t know how serious it is…….
    But if we all work together we can stop it and save our lives and those who come after us as well………

  19. Right now I’m doing a video project in school to show everyone how bad it really is.I don’t know how long we have until things get really bad but the effects are already starting to be noticed. We as a whole civilization need to work together to save our planet. If we don’t the consequences could be horrible.

  20. Let us get our lazy a*# moving .. make some work done to prevent global warming…. dude this is serious stuff here…..

  23. i cant beleave that the glacier are fallling..people dont think for the futur..kids or hoter person will live in the earth, we just pollut and don’t think what its will does in the world but, all the i dont think what its does in the world if i pollut create the polution, gaz, and people who are affected by pollution.

  24. what the hell is going on!!
    this is just a big chaoes that should be fixed>>>>iwish that these problem is solved as fast as it can ,because globle warming is going to forbidden and vansh from earth>>>>>>:(

  25. Hey we should think of somethings to help and to stop Global Warming it is .Sick how we human are Killing are Earth i want to help in some how we may stop it !!!!!!!!

  26. hi this is sagar from Pune
    im doing a project on Global Warming at my college and need some good pics for that
    there is also a competition in environmental awareness and my team is up for global warming the most serious part to be looked by today’s people
    so i request you if u can help me for some nice pictures if u hav
    eager for ur reply
    bye

  28. every one help it soon as possbel come on help it and bye the way tell every one to tell people too stop driving and tel them to save the earth come mon

  29. hello agein im talking to u all and that i worryed theat we will die and that i want to help it

  32. please please please stop global warming or we will all die in 8 YEARS!!! that is like such a short time!!! all of you please help!!! and whuever says that global warming is cool, this is what i have to say to you:

    GO AND DIE EARLY IF YOU WANT BUT THE EARTH WILL BE SAVED!!! FOOL! :P

  33. I do hope everyone has the same consideration to our earth to stop this global warming asap. Please save the earth for our next generation.

  34. it is clear that we must stop our habits which can cause global warming. hundreds of campaign is nothing, but start with ourself..
    Please save the environment

  37. people this is all of all problem & not some of us should care in fact all of us should , im just 13 years old & know that this is going to harm not just me but every i care in this life

  38. people this is of all problem & not some of us should care in fact all of us , im just 13 years old & know that this is going to harm not just me but every i care in this life

  40. Another terrorist attack???

    So if we knew 9/11 was going to happen, I’m sure we could of done everything in our power to stop it…
    Or would we?

    Lets take a minute to think here people?
    Honestly, there is something that is treatening to destroy all means of life or alter our everyday living habits.

    What could it be?
    Global Warming.
    Its an attack we can actually do something about.
    Although we haven’t find the precise solution to stop it completely, we can surely help reduce its effects.

    Also lets think about the weather patterns. We can start to see sever weather changes. Lets take Hurricane Katrina for example. Pehaps Katrina is just a sample of what could be or even worse in the future.

    Earth is something valuble. We should all cherish it. When you think about it, life doesn’t really mean much if you don’t have the supplies to survive.

    It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to realize that the earth’s weather patterns are changing.
    Take summer for example?
    Hello people!
    Anyone realize its been a little warmer than most summers?
    Warmer that last summer?

    When you think about it, we are wasting our time and money on war.
    When we really need to take care of whats more important, our lives.
    If not our lives, then the lives of our children, or our grandchildren.

    Lets get out there people and do what we can :]

  41. Hi I am Bharat Mumbai……..

    Please save the earth from global warming, if u really want to do something stop this pollution. It is really harming us and our future generation.

  42. Another attack on Earth??????????

    We all should take a minute to think about us and for the people?

    Honestly, there is something that is threatning us to destroy all means of life or alter our everyday living habits.

    What could it be?
    Global Warming…………
    Its an attack we can actually do something about it.

    Although we haven’t find the precise solution to stop it completely, we can surely help people living on this earth to reduce its effects.

    Also lets think about the weather patterns. We can start to see the changes in the weather. Lets take Hurricane Katrina for example. Perhaps Katrina is just a sample of what could be or even worse in the future.

    Earth is something valuble for us. We should all cherish it. When you think about it, life doesn’t really mean much if you don’t have the supplies to survive.

    It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to realize that the earth’s weather patterns are changing.
    Take summer for example?
    Hello people!
    Anyone realizes its been a little warmer than most summers?
    Warmer then last summer???????????????

    When you think about it, we are really wasting our time and money on war. When we really need to take care of whats more important, is our lives.

    If not our lives, then the lives of our children, or our grandchildren.

    Lets get out there people and do what we can: STOP THESE GREEN GASES TO POLLUTE THE WHEATHER.

    STOP TRAVELLING BY VEHICLES….
    GO ON A BYCYCLE

  47. hi i am gurpawan singh from chandigarh
    i want to say that please protect our earth from global warming
    don’t pollute environment and make an inspiration for people

  51. i was seen a movie on global warming in which we note that many countries come under water like newzeland, indonesia.so its a time to do somethingh

  52. In eight years I will be 21. I guess be better act quickly for the many lifes of children who will not live a healthy long life!

  53. hey world HEADS UP! WE JUST HAVE 8 YEARSS!! lets work it out and save the porr world . in 8 years i will have 20 or 21 and i really want to live (good) much more time!

  59. Lets hope this global warming works. It is frezing out today.

    We can addapt to 2 Degrees warmer a lot easier then an ice age.

  60. globaly, an average of 3 degrees warmer and the world is doomed!! Global warming is a constant issue with government jsut reclined in there comfy office chairs, watching with there jaw dropped and asking ” where is my paycheck”. CHANGE YOUR LEADER, not your lightbulbs. there is technology to catch immesions from those big stacks that produce various gasses that destroy our earth. So why aren’t they made into a law. FUCKING GOVERNMENT

  62. Bad news for thoes of you rooting for global warming. In the past 12 months the earth was cooled so much it has wiped out all tempiture gains in the past 100 years.

    Has Al Gore stopped talking? That would remove most the hot air.

  63. hi!

    people in lowland will suffer of this global warming continue.

    please support all the country that will affect the global warming!

    thankz

  65. global warming is really bad thing for all human in earth ..
    so,we should think who to reduce ..

  67. Global Warming is not a joke at all.it a Serious thing.eventough you turn on the AC it just can make you feel cool at home / office but at the fact it just can make the world getting hotter and you don’t even knew that the ice at the antartica are melting.

  68. Puteri,
    Man made global warming is a political hox.
    Please read http://www.dailyreckoning.co.uk/Economic-Forecasts/Global-warming-a-New-Religion-00008.html

    “Sexing up the global warming story is seen as a legitimate tactic to hog media attention. If you exaggerate a story enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it. This leaves little space for alternative views to be aired.

    “However, there is an inconvenient truth for Mr Gore. Astronomers have noted in 1998 that Triton, Neptune’s largest moon, seemed to have heated up significantly since it was visited by the Explorer space probe in 1989. Moreover, in 2002 it was reported that the temperature on Pluto had risen by two degrees Celsius in 14 years. Furthermore, in 2005 NASA confirmed that the CO2 ‘ice caps’ near Mars’ South Pole had been diminishing for three summers in a row. Warming, yes. Man-made? Certainly not.”

    Don’t forget that in the past year the earth has cooled. But lets not facts get in the way of a good story. http://wattsupwiththat.wordpress.com/2008/02/19/january-2008-4-sources-say-globally-cooler-in-the-past-12-months/

    By the way I am an envirmental wacko. (compost pile outside, composting worms inside, installing Geotheromal heat this spring …) I just don’t like being lied to.

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  70. I don’t know people in the world still could not stop global warming, i think global warming must be advertised by WWF to the world.
    And Goverments have an obligation to ask people in their country stop Global Warming.

  74. Hall I am additya from India Realy Global Warming is very harmfull for all country please you think about this matter becouse……………………..

  75. hello im jasmine for australia and i would like to say that global warning is a bad thing for all countries in whole intire world it is effecting our animal and popluating our countries .

  77. HY…..SAYA MAYA DR MALAYSIA
    SORRY PAKE B.INDONESIA , BECAUSE I AM NOT SPEAKING ENGLISH……

    OPINI SAYA TNTNG PEMANASAN GLOBAL ADALAH……. HAL YG

    SANGAT MERUSAK LINGKUNGAN,MANUSIA DAN SEKITARNYA.

    HAL INI MENYEBABKAN BUMI KITA AKAN SEMAKIN PANAS DAN HANCUR……

    T’RIMS

  78. Hy…….. im from indonesia , my name is muthia…..

    my opini about global warming is i very had with global warming

    because global warming can be all people dead….

    and global warming be global very hot…….

    tanks….

  80. Hi I am Ad Pawar Bhopal……..

    Please save the earth from global warming, if u really want to do something stop this pollution. It is really harming us and our future generation.

  81. i think they shold stop global warming not only for us but for the animals to STOP IT PLEASE

  82. hi! i’m budhi from Indonesia

    if u wanna see your earth is full filled with water, keep this global warming still activated !!!

  83. we shouldn’t ust think the solution..
    but we must take an action!!!!
    remember!!! our earth is given by GOD specially as LOVE for us………..

  84. Okay,
    seriously there’s not a proven point that we’re going to die in 8 years.
    Scientists just think that, But all we can do for now is prevent it from happening.
    So if you think that we are going to die in 8 years, don’t sit on a computer and write things, like we are all going to die in 8 years, get up and do something about it.

    Please and Thank you.

  88. i am very scare if the effect disturb the poeple. my friends let’s!!!
    be a good person for our earth and poeple around us

  90. SAYA NOVIA INDONESIA….
    STOP GLOBAL WARMING MULAI DARI DIRI SENDIRI DAN DIMULAI DARI HAL KECIL.

  91. Global warming is a major prablem which is facing by all the countries. It is the time for us to get up and do something for our earth .This topic is not related for us only,it is related to all .
    So , it is the time to do something .

  92. YO!!
    STOP YO THiiS THiiNG iiS SERiiOUS THiiS iiS OUR LiiVES THAT WE TALKiiNG ABOUT!
    WE BETTER STOP LiiTERiiNG AND START TO STOP HARMiiiNG

  93. Hi I am kunal I study in viii class I also want to say something that why
    people cut trees, to make their house beautiful I think that this Is all
    rubbish, from all this they are makeing there EARTH more dirty and wasting there money .

    from my side, It is the time to get up and do something for our
    MOTHER EARTH

  94. Hi I am kunal I study in viii class I also want to say something that why
    people cut trees, to make their house beautiful I think that this Is all
    rubbish, from all this they are makeing there EARTH more dirty and wasting there money .

    from my side, It is the time to get up and do something for our
    MOTHER EARTH

  95. Hi1 This is something very unsual thing that we are facing nowadays,
    yes it’s name is global warming.This is a warning for us,if we are not able to control this growing disaster,then existence of humanlife would be impossible.Yes , it’s true and pretty strange.All the countries should unite and should work out this serious matter.

  96. YO, RE! kite sama sama ngejaga bumi kita yang udah sekarat karena PERBUATAN KITA SENDIRI. Ga takut dunia kiamat gara gara perbuatan kite?! MALU! Uda dikasih anugerah dari Tuhan malah kite sia siain.

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  100. hy….

    im muthia, im from indonesia,

    my opini about global warming……..

    its can me very angry

    and

    global warming can be a and my family, very hotttttttt

    tanks you

  101. Hi Myself Ravi ( INDIA ) , I would like to say something ya though global warming is a serious matter but something has to done . Coz,
    it will destroy nature and human kind as well.

  103. hi… i’m from indonesia!!! Please Don’t make earth ngamuk (apa sich bhs ingris na?) Kapan lagi Klo bkn mulai dari sekarang……. masa nunggu sinar ultraviolet langsung terkena ke kulit kita?
    ya aapalah jgn kaya di indonesia justru malah DPR yg buat contoh buruk bagi rakyat….. bkn membuat contoh baik bagi rakyat….
    Penebangan hutan se enak nya…..
    Buat semua bangsa …… Nyadar plz…….

  104. globle warming is a bad process which can causes a big disaster . to help stop it, people will have to take care of the earth very carefully.

  105. Dear people of the world,

    it will happen somehow…. the humankind will feel regret because treated the earth harmfully.
    ……let say 80 or 90 years to go, our third ancestors will cry out loud due to lack of fresh water, no more green grass, forest without trees, people get old easily, expensive fresh water, diseases are everywhere. They will blame us because we disobeyed every urge saving the earth by planting just one tree.
    …so everyone who has sometime to read this… please plant a tree at least, so you don,t get blamed in your coffin at the graveyard wherever you’re buried.
    isn’t is easy…

  108. hay
    I’m Ernest Monyuyta-a from Cameroon. All the stories about Global Warming are real truths. Informing just the masses is not very important but fighting to avoid it in your locality is best. I’m starting right away my own project to fight against this calamities. First by sensitising all cameroonians about its dangers through the ministry of health and then planting trees to refill deforested regions. Please I need contribution from experts and Organizations all over the world for this project to be successfully realised in my country. Could you do the same in yours country? For any contribution, write to me on email layelayee@yahoo.fr

  109. Hy,
    I’m ifa-from indonesia. Global warming is a bad so we must keep the nature. Ihope the all understand with it.
    any contribution, write 2 me on email ifacute@ymail.com

  112. you think about your future……. what happen one years ago….. what your spell for your children and you family

  113. Hi
    I am Emi. I am from Papua, Indonesia.
    Love your environment, Please! because the environment can save you from global warming!
    stop global warming ! OK

  114. Genesis 27-30 God created human beings and putting him IN CHARGE of all the fish, birds and all the wild animals. Provided him all kinds of grain and all kinds of fruits and provided the birds and all wild animals grasses and leafy plants to eat…. Have we been good stewards?
    The causes and effects of global warming is a result of human activity. Then the answer is NO!!!! what will our future generation say to us?

  115. hiii everyone ..i am jai krishna ..and i study in class 12 th in india….i wanted 2 noe tht at my level what can i do on this issue of global warming…

  118. if we do die, all the people who have faith have nothing to worry about, for our lovely God is in control of EVERYTHING. even if the worst things happen, ALL OF US CHRISTIANS are going to live in heaven which is better than anything. so TRUST the lord!! and know that he controls this whole darn thing…

    – so i would trust in him and be calm.

  119. I hope everybody would pay attention on this matter. Let us protect our lives and the next generations to come, by planting more trees; proper waste disposal and prevent burning of plastic materials which are mainly the cause of global warming.

    If we love our lives, then let’s save the mother earth!

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