Degrees of delusion: scientists are warning that two degrees of warming could be catastrophic. Yang Ailun from China and David Spratt from Australia explore why world politicians are setting their thresholds so much higher.(POLITICS)

New Internationalist | January 1, 2009| | Copyright

David Spratt: I think the sad truth is that Western governments' view of the climate is largely delusional. They don't understand the evidence. And in many cases they don't understand that they don't understand. Many climate scientists say that at 2[degrees]C, we'll actually go over the dangerous tipping points. If, as many policy-makers are suggesting, we allow warming to 4[degrees], we won't recognize our planet: no rainforests, no ice sheets, most species dead. Scientist James Lovelock says once you get to 4[degrees] you'll go up to 6[degrees] or 7[degrees] because you'll ...

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