Friday, November 23, 2012

Ahead of Climate Talks, UN Report Warns Greenhouse Gas Emissions Still Increasing

allAfrica: As countries prepare to meet next week at a major United Nations meeting on climate change, the world body today released a new report which finds that the concentration of warming gases like carbon dioxide (CO2) has increased by 20 per cent since 2000. The Emissions Gap Report, coordinated by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and the European Climate Foundation, also shows that greenhouse gas emissions levels are now around 14 per cent above where they need to be in 2020. "If no swift action...

URL: http://allafrica.com/stories/201211230781.html

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