Thursday 17 November 2016

Set for another year of record heat


This year is on track to be the hottest on record, the United Nations forecast yesterday.

Scientists, meanwhile, reported that greenhouse-gas emissions from burning fossil fuels, the main driver of global warming, remained constant for the third year running last year, while the World Bank calculated that 26 million people slip into poverty annually due to natural disasters, reflecting the risks posed by climate change.

All three reports were issued on the sidelines of high-level United Nations climate talks in Marrakesh still reeling from news that Donald Trump, who denies climate change, had captured the White House.

The fact that economic growth and CO2 pollution no longer move in lock-step is an encouraging sign, the scientists said.

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=11748712

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