THE 2007 STATEMENT from the United Nation’s climate
panel, the IPCC, that the average temperature on earth must not rise
more than two degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit) over
pre-industrial levels or an incalculable disaster will take place, was a
powerful reminder of the nature of the problem.
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The main reason is that as the oceans warm up they lose the ability to absorb carbon dioxide. Another horrific truth is that there is more carbon beneath the permafrost of the polar regions than in the entire atmosphere. Experts say that if the emissions of carbon dioxide, sulphate and nitrogen dioxide continue as they are today, this bomb will explode within the next 100 years.
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Does this mean that emissions are dropping? Not at all. So what does this trade mean in practice? An Oxford academic who studied the scheme, Adam Bumpus, concluded that "this regulation is ultimately there to facilitate the markets – it’s not about making cheap reductions, it’s about making a lot of money"
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