Read here. The UN and its IPCC group of "consensus science" experts have long claimed that humans can keep global warming to a maximum of 2 degrees by limiting human CO2 emissions to a reduced growth rate. Skeptics have long claimed that was nonsense. Now comes climate model research that proves the skeptics correct and the IPCC "experts" wrong. (The IPCC hoisted on its own climate model petard?)
"International negotiators at a recent UN climate conference held in Bangkok repeated the demand that global warming this century be limited to no more than 2˚C. But while those attending the UN boondoggle stuck to the climate alarmist party line, results from a newly published Canadian government climate study concluded that “it is unlikely that warming can be limited to the 2˚C target.” The modeling based paper found that reaching the stated IPCC goal would require that greenhouse emissions “ramp down to zero immediately,” which means shutting down the global economy and banning the automobile."
Sooo, climate modelers are now effectively saying that even if the industrial/developed nations entirely shut down their economies in 2011 (zero CO2 emissions) global warming will still exceed 2 degrees by 2050. Obviously, the 2 degree goal is the epitome of the delusional stupidity of global elites and the wealthy, which is no surprise to the skeptics.
Of course, there are some problems with this research: one, climate models are involved, and two, it was done by Canadians, not a country associated with being a cornucopia of science/technology innovation or original thought (other than here and here ;-).
Despite the genesis of this research, its outcome produced by politically correct Canadian climate science alarmists finally confirms several skeptic beliefs (predictions?).
- Controlling the climate and global temperatures is an actual physical and economic impossibility
- Mitigating CO2 emissions is a trillion dollar UN rat-hole of irrational waste and future corruption
- Adapting to inevitable climate change (human caused or not) is the only sound and possible strategy
Will the UN and national leaders understand and act on this new research in a responsible way? Not likely knowing the global warming gravy train so beloved by the consensus socialists/progressives/leftists would be at risk.