Catholic group laments ‘weak’ results of Lima climate conference
December 16, 2014
Stating that the world is now poised for “4-degree warming,” an alliance of 17 Catholic development agencies strongly criticized the “weak” results of a major climate conference in Lima.
A delegation of nine bishops, sponsored by the Catholic International Cooperation for Development and Solidarity (CIDSE), had called for an “end to the fossil fuel era” at the conference. The prelates included representatives of the Latin American Bishops Conference (CELAM), the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM), the Federation of Asian Bishops Conferences (FABC), and the French and Brazilian bishops’ conferences.
“The weak 40% greenhouse gas emission reduction target for 2030 that the EU has set does not keep global temperature rise below the catastrophic 2°C, and at the COP20 none of the world's largest emitters showed climate leadership, leaving that role mainly to countries in Latin America,” CISDE stated in a press release.
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Further information:
- COP20 ends in Lima: Church leaders and Catholic NGOs demand end to fossil fuels, governments leave world headed for 4-degree warming (CIDSE)
- Factbox: What was agreed and what wasn't agreed in Lima climate talks (Reuters)
- ‘Put an end to the fossil fuel era,’ say bishops at climate conference (CWN, 12/12)
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Posted by: claude-ccc2991 -
Dec. 17, 2014 9:50 AM ET USA
Within 1 yr on the current track, divergence between the temperature prediction of climate models & satellite temperature measurements (the best way) will be such that the latter will lie outside the 95% Confidence Interval of the former. In other words, climate model temperature predictions will have no connection to reality on a statistical basis. Moreover, they are unable to completely match the ground temperature record (~150 years). And yet these protestors are so sure they know the future.
