Featured, Politics - Sunday, August 31, 2008 17:01 - 5 Comments

IPCC, UN Agree: Climate Change Must Be Reversed in 6-7 Years

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Chairman R.K. Pachauri are expecting a stronger leadership role from the next United States President in fighting global climate change.  These expectations are based upon results of a study that show the Greenland icesheets may be melting 3-4 times faster than expected, the two declared at a ceremony marking the 20th anniversary of the IPCC in Geneva on Sunday.

If the results hold true, it would mean a far more limited amount of time left to reverse global warming process. “I would say about six or seven years.  We need to think about change rather quickly because unless we do that, then the impacts of climate change are going to get more and more serious,” Pachauri said.

The timing of this call for American action couldn’t be better as the United States Presidential Election approaches. Continue…