That’s the International Energy Agency, and as reported in the New York Times, they have four helpful suggestions that could stop emissions growth by 2020 and keep temperature rise to 2 degrees C. without harming economic growth. Sounds like a rather good deal.
There’s a brief slide show with the details. With one slide that jumped out at me:
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In other words, many places where oil is extracted in large quantity are in the path of tropical cyclones and storms – which are expected to increase in severity as a consequence of climate change.
Gee, talk about self-interest.
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And while we’re on the subject, here’s a handy flow-chart on the world’s emissions and where they come from:
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Best to go this site for the full-sized version. As noted by Motherboard, “a full third of global warming is caused by ‘direct’ emissions— methane emitted by agriculture and waste degradation, and our nasty habit of chopping forests down.”
