Reality Swamps IPCC's "Worst Case Scenario"

Tue, 2007-05-22 08:07Ross Gelbspan

Reality Swamps IPCC's "Worst Case Scenario"

Global emissions of carbon dioxide are growing at a faster clip than the highest rates used in recent key UN reports. From 2000 to 2004, CO2 emissions rates almost tripled to 3 percent a year – higher than any rate used in emissions scenarios for the reports by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

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Reality Swamps IPCC's "Worst Case Scenario"