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Article: CLIMATE CHANGE: IPCC REPORT SAYS GLOBAL WARMING IS HERE TO STAY.
- Article from:
- Europe Environment
- Article date:
- October 9, 2001
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Even if greenhouse gas emissions are brought down to the targeted levels over the next few decades, the phenomenon of global warming will still continue for a couple of centuries, with all the attendant natural disasters it is likely to bring in its wake. And sea levels will go on rising for the next few thousand years, say the United Nations' experts. According to their analysis, stabilising CO2 concentrations in the atmosphere, at whatever level, will require a drastic reduction in global emissions of CO2 (carbon dioxide) to just a small fraction of their current levels. More precisely, just stabilising their concentrations in the atmosphere at around 450 parts per ...