tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10856048.post7990836750505097536..comments2024-03-12T12:23:10.033-04:00Comments on Secular Perspectives: Doing CO2 MathUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10856048.post-38803118446798710772012-11-21T11:38:09.576-05:002012-11-21T11:38:09.576-05:00In the absence of aggressive government policies a...In the absence of aggressive government policies aimed at curbing greenhouse gas emissions, a number of leading organizations, including the United Nations, the World Bank and others, have begun issuing analyses that regard potentially dangerous temperature elevations as not just a possibility should the status quo prevail, but a near certainty even if things start to change.<br /><br />The latest report, released Wednesday by the United Nations Environment Program, suggested that greenhouse gas emissions levels are currently around 14 percent above where they need to be by the end of the decade in order to avoid what many analysts believe could be a risky level of planetary warming.<br />See http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/21/climate-reports-climate-change_n_2170101.html?utm_hp_ref=daily-brief?utm_source=DailyBrief&utm_campaign=112112&utm_medium=email&utm_content=NewsEntry&utm_term=Daily%20BriefGary Berg-Crosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00104267265989624672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10856048.post-14293575391382442132012-11-19T10:49:50.290-05:002012-11-19T10:49:50.290-05:00Excellent. Dealing with climate change should get ...Excellent. Dealing with climate change should get top priority. But we cannot solve the climate change host of problems without also dealing with the overpopulation problem, the mess well illustrated by the "hockey stick" visual. Humanists like Julian Huxley and the Ehrlichs were calling attention to this 50-60 years ago. I have been writing about it for as long. It is fundamentalist (Protestant Vatican, Jewish, Muslim, Mormon) that has been blocking all serious efforts to rein in population growth. Now is the time to push the Obama administration to take action. Beef up the UN Population Fund. Publicize the 1975 Nixon-Ford (!) MSSN 200 report on overpopulation. Etc. -- Edd Doerr (arlinc.org)Edd.Doerrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02823666641589127370noreply@blogger.com