Invest now or face 'irreversible' effects of climate change, U.N. panel warns(Cute Polar Bears;)

CNN ^ | 11/2/14 | CNN

[mdittmar]

The cost of fighting climate change will only climb if industrialized nations don't take steps to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, the United Nations' panel on the matter warned Sunday in its wrap-up report.

In its "synthesis report," the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change said that the hundreds of authors involved in the study were even more certain than before that the planet is warming and humans are the cause.

"If left unchecked, climate change will increase the likelihood of severe, pervasive and irreversible impacts for people and ecosystems," the report said.

The report said there are solutions to keeping the rise in temperatures from crossing a 2-degree Celsius increase, the goal of many governments.

"It is technically feasible to transition to a low-carbon economy," said Youba Sokona, the co-chairman of IPCC Working Group III. "But what is lacking are appropriate policies and institutions. The longer we wait to take action, the more it will cost to adapt and mitigate climate change."

[mdittmar]

Polar Bears are cute,those ones in the Coke commercials crack me up.

[DocRock]

Record low temps here in FL...

[beethovenfan]

The liars never give up.

[Amagi]

IPCC + shameless, greedy, self-serving LIARS.

[mdittmar]

Well,if they are “even more certain than before that the planet is warming” like is says in the article,why did they switch from calling it “Global Warming” to “Climate Change”?

[Texan5]

It is cooler here than it has been at this time of the year since 1983-and snow is not as rare as it used to be here...

[First_Salute]

Global Liberal Godzilla Syndrome

[Da Coyote]

Add the IQs of all the UN dorks.

Multiply the result by 10.

The answer will still not reach three digits.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

What the UN means by "investment" is the process of forcibly taking money from poor people in rich countries and giving it to rich apparatchiks in poor countries.

[Vendome]

Climate change?

Hell, when it snows I go to Tahoe.

I don’t fight it. I take advantage of it and herd wayward snow bunnies to my Igloo for warmth.

[Dallas59]

How to reverse Calamity Change:

Tax all Americans and give all tax money to third world Dictators
Suspend the Constitution of the United States
Reduce the military of the United States
Destroy all coal plants in America
Get rid of Israel
Implement Sharia law in all Nations
Make it a crime to criticize Islam.

[wille777]

zero multiplied by zero is zero.

[roadcat]

In its "synthesis report," the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change said that the hundreds of authors involved in the study were even more certain than before that the planet is warming and humans are the cause.

All those pesky warm humans are the cause! Gotta chill them out or eliminate them! Obama to the rescue, making sure Islam sweeps the world and eliminates billions of pesky warm humans. Who knew Obama would fix Climate Change indirectly! /s

These hundreds of authors need to look skyward at that body called the Sun.

[Lion Den Dan]

I would invest if I were sure that the U.N. would freeze up, burn down and be swallowed bup by rising oceans.

[Voltage]

I caught it on the news...as I recall this is the jist of it:

The UN Committee on the Environment released it's latest report. The author, Dr. Chicken Little, warned that unless the rich nations gave their stolen money back to the poor nations pronto, the sky would fall by 2050 with enormous loss of life to mankind.

[molson209]

A world controlled by the UN would be just like the old USSR

[eyedigress]

In a perfect world it shouldn’t cost anything.

Make the Congo region the sole recipient of all GW bullshit and watch it go money crazy. I’ll bet within 10 years it will be on everybody’s vacation craze.

[dsrtsage]

Of course, after sending all of the worlds wealth to the congo, the only tourist attraction will be the opulent presidential palace in Kinshasha. Of course, security may be a concern as by then there would have been a coup per month for 3 or 4 years

[Iron Munro]

Record low temps here in FL...<\i>

November Snow Earliest In Recorded History

COLUMBIA, SC

The snow that fell in the Midlands on Saturday morning is the earliest in recorded history.

Since 1880, there has never been a snowfall in Columbia before this date, according to the National Weather Service. How rare is this event? The first freeze doesn't normally happen until November 10.

Some areas reported 2-3 inches of the white stuff. The snow stayed mostly to the north and to the west of Columbia. Areas in Lexington county experienced the largest accumulations.

Gilbert reported the highest total at 3.5 inches and Pelion got about 2 inches, according to preliminary numbers from the National Weathers Service.

Interstate 20 in western Lexington County was closed for a time because icy conditions prohibited truckers from driving on a hill near Calks Ferry Road.

Thousands were without power in Lexington County due to high winds and downed tree limbs.

[eyedigress]

If you can get Hillary in there those ‘coups would die down pretty quick.