Climate impacts 'overwhelming' - UN

BBC News ^ | March 30, 2014 | by Matt McGrath

[Oldeconomybuyer]

Scientists and officials meeting in Japan have published the most comprehensive assessment to date of the impacts of climate change on the world.

Members of the UN's climate panel say that their report provides overwhelming evidence of the scale of these effects.

Natural systems are bearing the brunt right now but the scientists fear a growing impact on humans.

Our health, homes, food and safety are all likely to be threatened by rising temperatures, the summary says.

Speaking to journalists at a news conference in Yokohama to launch the report, Michel Jarraud, secretary-general of the World Meteorological Organization, said that, previously, people could have damaged the Earth's climate out of "ignorance".

"Now, ignorance is no longer a good excuse," he said.

[Oldeconomybuyer]

The only cure for "climate ignorance" is beer.

[chris37]

Why does this organization exist?

[dfwgator]

The only cure for "climate ignorance" is beer.

And more cowbell.

[JimSEA]

Publish it, I’ll read it but I won’t take anybody’s word for it.

[Vaquero]

GoreBull warming. The new communist revolution.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

And the solution is to give them global taxation authoritah in the name of fighting global warming.

[Paladin2]

I find the IPCC WAY underwhelming, though this Winter was quite annoying from a Global Warming perspective.

[VanDeKoik]

Photo of the UN "scientists" that came to this conclusion.

[Blood of Tyrants]

To destroy the US.

[bigheadfred]

The only cure for "climate ignorance" is beer.

The only cure for "climate ignorance" is COLD beer.

[M Kehoe]

Speaking to journalists at a news conference in Yokohama to launch the report, Michel Jarraud, secretary-general of the World Meteorological Organization, said that, previously, people could have damaged the Earth's climate out of "ignorance".

"Now, ignorance is no longer a good excuse," he said.

Dear Mr.Jarraud:

What would happen, in your "learned, and expert" opinion, if 7 billion people farted at the same time?

5.56mm

[ChildOfThe60s]

Where are my waders? I’m thigh high in bull sh*t.

Notice that the less we listen to the UN, the wilder and more bizarre its claims get?

[jsanders2001]

Why does this organization exist?

Funding by the U.S. government probably.

[SecondAmendment]

Um, the “reporter” forgot to include the opposing side of this story, I’m sure it was an oversight...

[Bulwinkle]

Dems are going to run on climate change, legalizing pot and making illegals legal

[arasina]

So what do “they” propose we do about it? Pay a tithe to Al Gore and he’ll stop the climate from changing?

[TexasFreeper2009]

lol

the longer the warming has stopped... the louder and louder these fraudsters yell.

[olezip]

Our health, homes, food and safety are all likely to be threatened by rising temperatures, the summary says.

Very curious assertion because it is supported only by opinion. Our health, homes, food and safety are all likely to be threatened by falling temperatures, the summary could say.

Our climate has been changing since the beginning of time. Mankind has little to do with climate change. The Sun is the dominant factor in climate change on Earth and other planets that make up our solar system.

[WeatherGuy]

UN's impact overwhelming - overwhelmingly bad.

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Dr Saleemul huq completed his BSc (with Honours) in 1975 from Imperial College, London, United Kingdom and his PhD in plant sciences also from Imperial College in 1978. He was the winner of the prestigious Robert- Macnamara Fellowship from the World Bank, Washington DC, USA (1986-87) and Duggan Fellowship from NRDC, Washington DC, USA, in 1989. He taught at the University of Dhaka until 1984 when he set up (and became the first executive director) of the Bangladesh Centre for Advanced Studies (BCAS) in Dhaka, Bangladesh. In 2007, he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize – as contributor to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. In the same year, he was also awarded the Burtoni Award for his contribution to capacity building in climate change negotiation of the developing countries.

At least he's a biologist. Most of the people involved with this scam aren't even scientists.