Climate change risk assessment released today
Experts from UK, US, China and India release independent climate change risk assessment
Download the report here.
An international group of scientists, energy policy analysts, and experts in risk from finance and the military today (13 July 2015) released a new independent assessment of the risks of climate change, designed to support political leaders in their decisions on how much priority to give to the issue.
Their report argues that the risks of climate change should be assessed in the same way as risks to national security or public health. That means focusing on understanding what is the worst that could happen, and how likely it is to occur.
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Climate Change: A Risk Assessment - Projects – Sciences & technology in the service of society
This is from the opening of the report:
CLIMATE CHANGE: A RISK ASSESSMENT
Here's an overview from RuSource of the Arthur Rank Centre:
Climate Change: A Risk Assessment
Summary
An honest assessment of risk is no reason for fatalism. Just as small changes in climate can have very large effects, the same can be true for changes in government policy, technological capability, and financial regulation. Policy measures can bring down emissions directly, by regulating for cleaner energy, used more efficiently. At the same time, the right incentives can direct more investment towards clean energy technologies, accelerating innovation so that new policies become possible in future. Leadership can make this virtuous circle turn faster, more fully mobilising our ingenuity, resources and commitment. In this way, the goal of preserving a safe climate for the future need not be beyond our reach.
Climate Change: A Risk Assessment
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