Leaked Internal UN Document: Global Temps Will Rise by More than 2 Degrees

G_j

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Thu Dec-17-09 01:53 PM
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Leaked Internal UN Document: Global Temps Will Rise by More than 2 Degrees

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Leaked Internal UNFCC Document: Global Temperatures Will Rise by More than 2 Degrees Celsius

A leaked internal document from the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change states that current targets on emissions reductions from countries around the world will cause global temperatures to rise above two degrees Celsius. According to the UNFCCC document, current emissions reduction targets could lead to a three degree Celsius rise. We speak to French journalist Jade Lindgaard.

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cliffordu

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Thu Dec-17-09 01:54 PM
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1. How soon? This year, this decade, this century???

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Birthmark

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Thu Dec-17-09 02:23 PM
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7. By the year 2100 nt

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EFerrari

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Thu Dec-17-09 01:56 PM
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2. And the US showed up to bribe or threaten

anyone who won't go along with US backed national plans which will not meet that threshhold.

That was the icing on this week's mess for me.

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BeHereNow

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Thu Dec-17-09 01:57 PM
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3. Recommended. Did you see the broadcast?

Edited on Thu Dec-17-09 01:58 PM by BeHereNow

That one guy, sorry I was half asleep and don't recall his name, could barely talk.
He seemed paralyzed with fear.

Thanks for the PM, btw-

:loveya:
Back at ya,
BHN

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Libertas1776

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Thu Dec-17-09 01:58 PM
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4. Isn't that like

35 degrees Fahrenheit? How soon?

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Libertas1776

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Thu Dec-17-09 02:06 PM
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5. We're fucked n/t

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BeHereNow

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Thu Dec-17-09 02:08 PM
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6. indeed n/t

bhn

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Birthmark

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Thu Dec-17-09 02:24 PM
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8. By the year 2100 nt

And to convert degreesC to degreesF simply multiply by 1.8. So 2C = 3.6F.

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dysfunctional press

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Thu Dec-17-09 02:25 PM
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9. no- it's about 5-6 degrees fahrenheit at the most...

but i'm too lazy to look up the calculations.

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Libertas1776

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Thu Dec-17-09 02:33 PM
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11. I figured I was off...way off

Never was good at "teh maths." Nonetheless, 5-6 degrees and we are still fucked.

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corkhead

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Thu Dec-17-09 02:31 PM
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10. who cares, I'll be dead or downloaded to a flashdrive by then

:hide:

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