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The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has been heavily criticized for erroneous projections. In the following editorial here at Spiegel Online , climate researchers Richard Tol, Roger Pielke and Hans von Storch call for a reform of the IPCC and the resignation of its chairman, Rajendra Pachauri. var addthis_pub = ‘haui’; Global ice-sheets are melting at an increased rate; Arctic sea-ice is disappearing much faster than recently projected, and future sea-level rise is now expected to be much higher than previously forecast, according to a new global scientific synthesis prepared by some of the world’s top climate scientists. In a special report called ‘The Copenhagen Diagnosis’, the [...] CNN reports here: Singapore – President Obama and leaders from the rest of the world’s top economic powers acknowledged Sunday that there’s no hope of a major breakthrough over climate change by year’s end. var addthis_pub = ‘haui’; AP reports here at Yahoo News: ST. ANDREWS, Scotland – British treasury chief Alistair Darling urged the world’s top finance officials on Saturday to reach an agreement on bearing the cost of fighting climate change before a UN summit on global warming next month. var addthis_pub = ‘haui’; AP reports here at Yahoo News: WASHINGTON – German Chancellor Angela Merkel was making the case Tuesday for a global deal on climate change to a skeptical audience: members of Congress. var addthis_pub = ‘haui’; AFP reports here at Yahoo News: BRUSSELS – EU leaders were struggling Friday to agree how to fund the fight against climate change, with poorer eastern European nations urging their more affluent western neighbours to bear the lion’s share of the burden. var addthis_pub = ‘haui’; BBC News reports here: The UK faces a “catastrophe” of floods, droughts and killer heatwaves if world leaders fail to agree a deal on climate change, the prime minister has warned. var addthis_pub = ‘haui’; |
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