Environment
Friday is the big day. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is releasing their report after six years of research and meetings and discussions of articles/journals relating to climate change. The actual report is 1500 pages or so, but the condensed version for policy makers is 12 pages. This is going to be a very exact expression of where our climate is heading with very little room for interpretation. They will still be using words like "possible" or "potential" or "probable" but there will be a key to indicate exactly what each of those words mean when used in this report. This will hopefully cut out some of the aftermath crapping by Negative Neds & Nancys about the reliability of the facts outlined. On CBC radio today a man was talking about it and said one thing to keep in mind is that there may be bits of the longer report that indicate differences in numbers, for example:
One source may predict an average earth temperature rise of 4 degrees by the end of the decade and that it will take 1000 years to repair. Another source may predict a 2 degrees rise in average temperatures by the end of the decade and may only take 100 years to repair. However, he says that it's important not to start quibbling over numbers but look at overall trends. If all of the sources say the climate's turning to shite and that there's no quick fix, we need to get everyone to stop fighting about it and DO something. I will be very interested to see what is going to come of this.
In other news, did anyone notice that Canada's Environment Commissioner Johanne Gelinas was canned this week? Coincidence?
One source may predict an average earth temperature rise of 4 degrees by the end of the decade and that it will take 1000 years to repair. Another source may predict a 2 degrees rise in average temperatures by the end of the decade and may only take 100 years to repair. However, he says that it's important not to start quibbling over numbers but look at overall trends. If all of the sources say the climate's turning to shite and that there's no quick fix, we need to get everyone to stop fighting about it and DO something. I will be very interested to see what is going to come of this.
In other news, did anyone notice that Canada's Environment Commissioner Johanne Gelinas was canned this week? Coincidence?