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If combating climate change is left up to the governments of the worlds wealthy nations, much of humanity is likely done for.
Thats not the message that was meant to emerge from the July summit meeting in Italy of leaders of the G8 group of countries Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia and the US. But apply a little climate science to the meetings outcome, and that is the unmistakeable conclusion.
At the summit, the G8 leaders agreed to aim to keep global warming to less than 2
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Don Pratt
on Aug 18th, 2009
@ 5:32 am:
Come on try and look on the bright side. As global temperatures rise the ice caps melt resulting in more seawater to absorb CO2. Rising sea levels increases the demand for rubber boots and waders. We in the UK are world leader in Wellington boots. We will be OK. We have so many coal mine tunnels under the UK we will just float. As temperatures rise mountain tops will become our new holiday destinations. I have booked in at Costa Everest for 2015. Yes, look on the bright side.