Yahoo News: Scientists express doubt that Glasgow climate change conference will be successful
If there is a consensus about the forthcoming United Nations Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, Scotland, it is that it represents, in the words of U.S. climate envoy John Kerry, the “last best hope” for the world to keep the worst consequences of global warming at bay.
But for many of the scientists whose work has informed the grim reports issued by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change in recent years, the chances that an agreement will be reached to keep global temperatures from rising 1.5 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels seem dim, at best.
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WNU Editor: This summit is already on a rocky start.
The leader from the world's biggest contributor of greenhouse gases will not be there, as well as the leader of one of world's largest energy producers .... China's Xi Jinping and Russia's Vladimir Putin set to snub COP26 (Business Insider).
And then there is major polluter India, who has made it very clear that they are a victim not a contributor to greenhouse gases .... India says it's a 'victim' of global warming 'not a contributor' as it rejects net zero emissions target (CNN).
And then there is this big problem .... UN Report Says Greenhouse Gas Concentrations Hit A New Record In 2020 Despite Widespread Lock-downs (October 25, 2021).
If locking much of the global economy still resulted in an increase in greenhouse gases, that tells me that they are other climate factors at play that are more dominant than man-made ones.
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