[Ost-news] Climate change ‘seriouslyunderestimated’ by UN

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Vancouver Sun April 3, 2008

Climate change ‘seriously underestimated’ by UN

Curbing emissions more daunting than panel reported: study

Margaret Munro

The United Nations' celebrated climate change panel has "seriously  
underestimated" the challenge of curbing global CO2 emissions, say Canadian  
and U.S. researchers.

Radical "decarbonization" of the global energy system is needed to stabilize  
emissions -- a task that is much more daunting than the panel has led the  
world to believe, the researchers report in journal Nature today.

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