We Should Kiss 2°C Temperature Rise Target Goodbye: IEA Chief Economist

In light of the State of the Union address and the conspicuous lack of climate change mentions in it: As the BBC reports, International Energy Agency chief economist Fatih Birol has “said the unsayable”–during a lecture at Imperial College London noting that the utter lack of political ambition to tackle climate change and do anything meaningfully strong enough to curb greenhouse gas emissions means that 1) peaking emissions by 2020 is virtually impossible and therefore 2) we… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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We Should Kiss 2°C Temperature Rise Target Goodbye: IEA Chief Economist

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