Tue 9 Jun 2009
the haps in the bonn
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I didn’t link to updates on what’s happening in Bonn, Germany this week in yesterday’s post. A lot of what goes on at these meetings isn’t really clear until far after the ink dries. Nevertheless, I’m not real sure what to make of Yvo de Boer’s interview with Deutsche Welle yesterday. de Boer is head of the IPCC and moderator of the UNFCCC talks.
The proposals from representatives of more than 30 of the world’s richest nations meeting in the former West German capital amount to a reduction in the range of 17 percent to 26 percent of 1990 levels by 2020.
“This is not enough to address climate change,” de Boer said. …
Scientists have urged diplomats to adopt policies that would limit global warming to two degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit) by the end of this century, saying any more might prove disastrous for life on earth. At the start of the Bonn talks, de Boer said he was confident that the Copenhagen meeting would succeed, although “there are some tough nuts to crack.”
“Tough nuts!” Haha.
