Friday, February 04, 2005
Scientists' grim climate report
By Richard Black
BBC environment correspondent, in Exeter
The risks from global warming are more serious than previously thought, a major climate conference has concluded. In its final report, the committee which organised the UK Met Office meeting said the impacts of climate change were already being felt.
The communiqu� held back from declaring precisely what was meant by a 'dangerous' level of warming. But, 'it has given us a clearer picture of what is expected,' said Environment Secretary Margaret Beckett.
The conference in Exeter, in southwest England, was called 'Avoiding Dangerous Climate Change'. It was announced by Prime Minister Tony Blair, and was intended to give a scientific context to Britain's efforts to make the climate issue a central feature of its Group of Eight (G8) and EU Presidencies this year.
Although the committee refrained from defining 'dangerous', it did emphasise the scale and nature of the warming threat it said was already apparent. 'The impacts of climate change are already being observed,' the communiqu� said. I think we have to keep temperatures below [2C], otherwise we risk really major changes Dr Bill Hare, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research 'Ecosystems are already showing the effects of climate change. Changes to polar ice and glaciers and rainfall regimes have already occurred'......
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BBC environment correspondent, in Exeter
The risks from global warming are more serious than previously thought, a major climate conference has concluded. In its final report, the committee which organised the UK Met Office meeting said the impacts of climate change were already being felt.
The communiqu� held back from declaring precisely what was meant by a 'dangerous' level of warming. But, 'it has given us a clearer picture of what is expected,' said Environment Secretary Margaret Beckett.
The conference in Exeter, in southwest England, was called 'Avoiding Dangerous Climate Change'. It was announced by Prime Minister Tony Blair, and was intended to give a scientific context to Britain's efforts to make the climate issue a central feature of its Group of Eight (G8) and EU Presidencies this year.
Although the committee refrained from defining 'dangerous', it did emphasise the scale and nature of the warming threat it said was already apparent. 'The impacts of climate change are already being observed,' the communiqu� said. I think we have to keep temperatures below [2C], otherwise we risk really major changes Dr Bill Hare, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research 'Ecosystems are already showing the effects of climate change. Changes to polar ice and glaciers and rainfall regimes have already occurred'......
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