Global growth in carbon emissions is 'out of control'

[Jcrowley]

Global growth in carbon emissions is 'out of control'
By Steve Connor Science Editor
Published: 11 November 2006

The growth in global emissions of carbon dioxide from fossil fuels over the past five years was four times greater than for the preceding 10 years, according to a study that exposes critical flaws in the attempts to avert damaging climate change.

Data on carbon dioxide emissions shows that the global growth rate was 3.2 per cent in the five years to 2005 compared with 0.8 per cent from 1990 to 1999, despite efforts to reduce carbon pollution through the Kyoto agreement.

Much of the increase is probably due to the expansion of the Chinese economy, which has relied heavily on burning coal and other fossil fuels for its energy.

Dr Mike Raupach, chair of the Global Carbon Project, an international collaboration of researchers who compiled the latest figures, warned yesterday that emissions were spiralling out of control.

http://www.ecoearth.info/shared/reader/welcome.aspx?linkID=63589

[nam78_two]

1. k&r/nt

[FormerDem06]

2. If China ever fully industrializes it will be the US times six

and that my friends would destroy the world.

[Jcrowley]

3. The current estimate

The current estimate of the IPCC is that an unmitigated rise in atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations will cause temperatures to rise between 2.4 and 10.5 degrees Fahrenheit over the 21st century. This projection is significantly larger than what the panel predicted in 1996 at the time of its second assessment report, primarily based on improved models and the assumed reduction of aerosol emissions (most of which have a cooling effect).

As a result of this warming, scientists predict

    Sea level could rise by 3.5 to 34.6 inches between 1990 and 2100, making coastal groundwater saltier, endangering wetlands, and inundating valuable land and coastal communities;

    Changes in precipitation patterns could have a significant impact, especially in already water-scarce regions that are likely to suffer from further decreasing rainfall;

    The ranges and abundance of plants and animals could change dramatically under changing climate conditions, and some of them are likely to be unable to adapt or migrate to new locations;

http://www.ucsusa.org/global_warming/science/projections-of-climate-change.html

Current levels by nation:
http://www.ucsusa.org/global_warming/science/each-countrys-share-of-co2-emissions.html

[dysfunctional press]

4. seeing as it's pretty much inevitable at this point-

I'd really like to see some of the shit-hitting-the-fan stuff happen in my lifetime...and i'm 45.

i love seeing the wrath of nature in action.