U.N. "experts" issue grim climate warning; Jooos not yet blamed

UN experts set to issue grim warming on climate impact
Mon Apr 2, 4:00 AM ET

Original insipid Frog Press article



The world's top climate scientists were gathering here Monday to hammer out the summary of a massive report that predicts dire consequences from global warming, especially for poor nations and species diversity.

Interesting that it's invariably "poor nations" who will be most affected. This is probably because they have no technological or financial resources to to anything (except kill people and demand money, apparently).

Thus, relatively free and productive nations will once again be expected to foot the bill for some happy new horseshit.

And why does the article not name a single one of these alleged experts?

Even if dramatic measures are taken to reduce the carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions that drive warming, temperatures will continue to climb for decades to come, the experts conclude.

Which indicates that whatever climate change is occurring might be due to something else entirely. Varying energy output from the sun, perhaps?

By 2080, according to the report, it is likely that 1.1 to 3.2 billion people worldwide will experience water scarcity, 200 to 600 million will be threatened by hunger, and each year an additional two to seven million will be victims of coastal flooding.

The brunt of these problems will fall squarely on to the world's poorest inhabitants, who are least to blame for the fossil-fuel pollution that drives global warming.

Such as China, India and other developing nations who are the worst gross polluters?

According to a final draft of the 1,400-page report obtained by AFP, hundreds of millions of people living in more than three dozen deltas -- including the Nile in Egypt, the Red River in Vietnam and the Ganges-Brahmaputra in Bangladesh -- are likely to find themselves wedged between rising sea levels and more frequent flooding.

Tropical diseases are likely to spread as well.

Cool...does that mean the bans on DDT will finally be lifted so that poor nations will have an effective and inexpensive means to kill disease-carrying insects?

The impact will be all the more devastating because most of these countries lack the money and skills to adapt to the threat.

Then let's encourage more capitalism so that they can help themselves.

Indeed, if global temperatures rise no more than 2 C (3.6 F) compared to 1990s levels, northern Europe and North America may even enjoy higher crop yields, milder winters and expanding forests.

So we'll be capable of producing even larger food surpluses while using less energy to heat buildings. Plus, the expanding forests ought to be good for massive carbon offsets.

The report by the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) will be unveiled on Friday after its members have approved a roughly 50-page summary for policymakers.

A one-page précis will also be issued: "Give us your money, bitches. Signed, The United Nations".

It assesses the past and future impact of rising temperatures on the planet's physical and eco-systems and inhabitants. It also evaluates the capacity to adapt to the predicted changes.

And the capacity of richer nations to "give 'til it hurts and then give us some more".

In February, the IPCC issued a first volume of its review with an assessement of the scientific evidence for global warming. It predicted temperatures would probably rise between 1.8 to 4.0 C (3.2-7.2 F) by century's end. A final volume, due to be released in early May, will discuss how warming can be mitigated.

Massive influxes of cash from relatively free and successful countries to the U.N. ought to do the trick.

Besides the impact on human society, climate change will also have far-reaching consequences for the planet's biodiversity, the Brussels report will say.

It predicts that 20 to 30 percent of species will be threatened with extinction if temperatures rise 1.5 to 2.5 C (2.7 F to 4.5 F), on the lower side of end-of-century forecasts.

Hang on. We've been hearing for decades about the precious biodiversity of the rainforests. If things warm up a tad, we'll have even more rainforests, won't we?

If temperatures rise by 4 C (7.2 F), "few ecosystems will be able to adapt," says the report.

"Without even more cash given to the United Nations," the report continues.

Compiled to help governments make policy choices, the report will probably sharpen debate on a range of global-warming issues.

And expanded forest growth will mean more trees we can harvest to make sticks which can also be sharpened and used to jab an even larger number of ecoweenies. Everybody wins!

"The developing countries will certainly point out the huge gap between regions, and make it known that they need help," said a Western delegate involved in the drafting.

*Ka-ching!*

"This is true even if the IPCC's role is to make a diagnosis, not to address questions of financing."

*Ka-ching, ka-ching, ka-ching!*

Policymakers may also be divided on how much money should go to adaptation and how much toward mitigation, even if experts have made it clear that both are essential.

*KA-FUCKING-CHING!*

Could these assholes possibly be more transparent?