{"id":1661,"date":"2014-11-16T07:15:31","date_gmt":"2014-11-16T12:15:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=1661"},"modified":"2014-11-16T07:15:31","modified_gmt":"2014-11-16T12:15:31","slug":"ipcc-report-is-clear-we-must-clean-up-our-act-science-matters-david-suzuki-foundation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=1661","title":{"rendered":"IPCC report is clear: We must clean up our act | Science Matters | David Suzuki Foundation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidsuzuki.org\/blogs\/science-matters\/2014\/11\/ipcc-report-is-clear-we-must-clean-up-our-act\/\">IPCC report is clear: We must clean up our act | Science Matters | David Suzuki Foundation<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">It&#8217;s become a clich\u00e9 to say that out of crisis comes opportunity. But there&#8217;s no denying that when faced with crises, we have choices. The opportunity depends on what we decide to do.<\/p>\n<p>What choices will we make when confronted with the fact that 2014 will\u00a0<a style=\"color: #26797f; text-decoration: none; border-bottom-width: 1px !important; border-bottom-style: dotted !important; border-bottom-color: #9e9e9e !important; margin-bottom: 4px;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/2014\/oct\/20\/2014-on-track-to-be-hottest-year-on-record-says-us-science-agency\">likely be the hottest year on record<\/a>? According to the\u00a0<span class=\"caps\">U.S.<\/span>\u00a0National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, global land and sea temperatures up to September&#8217;s end tie this year with 1998 as the warmest since record keeping began in 1880. &#8220;If 2014 maintains this temperature departure from average for the remainder of the year, it will be the warmest year on record,&#8221; a\u00a0<span class=\"caps\">NOAA\u00a0<\/span>statement says.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">The world&#8217;s\u00a0<a style=\"color: #26797f; text-decoration: none; border-bottom-width: 1px !important; border-bottom-style: dotted !important; border-bottom-color: #9e9e9e !important; margin-bottom: 4px;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/press\/2014\/january\/nasa-finds-2013-sustained-long-term-climate-warming-trend\/#.VFp0w_nF9kk\">warmest 10 years<\/a>\u00a0have all been since 1998, and last year carbon dioxide levels rose by the highest amount in 30 years.<\/p>\n<p>The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change&#8217;s\u00a0<a style=\"color: #26797f; text-decoration: none; border-bottom-width: 1px !important; border-bottom-style: dotted !important; border-bottom-color: #9e9e9e !important; margin-bottom: 4px;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ipcc.ch\/\">Fifth Assessment Synthesis Report<\/a>, released November 2, summarizes three reports released over the past year on the physical science; impacts, adaptation and vulnerability; and mitigation. It offers a stark choice: Unless we quickly curtail our fossil fuel dependence, we face &#8220;<a style=\"color: #26797f; text-decoration: none; border-bottom-width: 1px !important; border-bottom-style: dotted !important; border-bottom-color: #9e9e9e !important; margin-bottom: 4px;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.motherjones.com\/environment\/2014\/11\/10-things-you-need-know-new-ipcc-climate-report\">further warming and long-lasting changes in all components of the climate system, increasing the likelihood of severe, pervasive and irreversible impacts for people and ecosystems.<\/a>&#8220;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8230;click on the above link to read the rest of the article&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IPCC report is clear: We must clean up our act | Science Matters | David Suzuki Foundation. It&#8217;s become a clich\u00e9 to say that out of crisis comes opportunity. But there&#8217;s no denying that when faced with crises, we have choices. The opportunity depends on what we decide to do. 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