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Copenhagen Accord Pledges Fall Short of Climate Goals

By | Published: March 1, 2010
Pledges by 60 countries to cut their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions over the next 10 years will not be sufficient to hold global temperature rises to 2°C above pre-industrial levels, according to a new report from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). The report notes that an emissions path with a medium likelihood of keeping [...]
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Water Vapor Is A Global Warming Wild Card

By | Published: February 11, 2010
National Oceanic And Atmospheric Administration Stratospheric Water Vapor A 10 percent drop in water vapor ten miles above Earth’s surface has had a big impact on global warming, say researchers in a study published online January 28 in the journal Science. The findings might help explain why global surface temperatures have not risen as fast [...]
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Landmark Climate Change Report

By | Published: February 8, 2010
United Nations — The great weight of science still supports the findings in a landmark 2007 report from a United Nations-backed panel of experts that global warming is man-made, the head of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) said today following recent attacks from climate change sceptics over a mistake in the assessment. Defending the Intergovernmental [...]
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