A good summary of where we are but we are way to late to stop this match to the cliff the damage is now done as this December at COP21 a new climate treaty will be proposed, a draft version is available http://paristext2015.com/, and it will be sent to the UN and will be approved as has the support of the Pope and Obama.
In my opinion, the best we can hope for now is as the pause should continue until 2035, by my calculations, that we might me able to blame this travesty on the politicians more then the scientists.
The integrity of our most important tool for understanding is being destroyed and it’s time to recognize and address it.
Guest essay by Walter Starck
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We humans have a remarkable ability to rationalize whatever benefits us personally or that we find satisfying emotionally. Climate change has found strong resonance with different interests for different reasons. For researcher it offers generous funding, recognition and personal importance. For the media it is dramatic stories. For politicians it’s green votes and popularity. For the financial sector it promises huge profits. For businesses there is the prospect of getting in early on booming growth plus the added bonus of attractive subsidies. For activists it affords attention and donations. For bureaucrats it’s authority and budgets. For everyone it also promises a hard to resist sense of importance and moral righteousness.
Of all the areas of human endeavor science has been uniquely successful in establishing the preeminence…
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