An interview with Kevin Anderson: “Rapid and deep emissions reductions may not be easy, but 4°C to 6°C will be much worse”
http://transitionculture.org/2012/11/02/an-interview-with-kevin-anderson-rapid-and-deep-emissions-reductions-may-not-be-easy-but-4c-to-6c-will-be-much-worse/
Transition Culture, 2 November 2012
We are talking here at best a steady-state economy. The analysis that I and colleagues in the Tyndall Centre have undertaken would suggest there probably has to be a reduction in our consumption and an economic contraction.
Study: Predicted 6ºC Rise by 2100 Should End “Business as Usual”
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/11/05-2
Common Dreams, November 5, 2012
‘This isn’t about shock tactics, it’s simple maths’ says global accounting firm.
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We’re Headed To 11°F Warming And Even 7°F Requires ‘Nearly Quadrupling The Current Rate Of Decarbonisation’
http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2012/11/06/1144431/study-were-headed-to-11f-warming-and-even-7f-requires-nearly-quadrupling-the-current-rate-of-decarbonisation/
The Australian Government, Kyoto and the illusion of progress
http://theconversation.edu.au/the-australian-government-kyoto-and-the-illusion-of-progress-10631
David Hodgkinson, The Conversation, 10 November 2012
The Minister for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency, Greg Combet, announced on Friday that Australia is “ready” to join a second commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
Superstorm Sandy—a People’s Shock?
http://www.thenation.com/article/171048/super-storm-sandy-peoples-shock
Naomi Klein, The Nation, November 5, 2012
Less than three days after Sandy made landfall on the East Coast of the United States, Iain Murray of the Competitive Enterprise Institute blamed New Yorkers’ resistance to big-box stores for the misery they were about to endure.