Kevin Anderson: What They Won't Tell You About Climate Catastrophe
Alex Smith | 14.11.2012 03:19 | Climate Chaos | Ecology | Energy Crisis | Sheffield
Scientists and officials are not telling the public the awful truth: we are hurtling toward catastrophic climate change. A review, summary and critique of an earth-breaking speech by Dr. Kevin Anderson, Deputy Director of the Tyndall Centre in Britain. Speaking to the Cabot Institute in Bristol November 6th, Anderson told the sold-out crowd our future is not possible. Radio Ecoshock 12114
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Find the helpful slides (including the graphs) for this Kevin Anderson speech here.
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/media/2012/11//502640.pdf
Find the full original speech, as recorded by Alex Smith here. http://www.indymedia.org.uk/media/2012/11//502497.mp3
Huge blog with all the links and discussion on the coming climate catastrophe here.
http://www.ecoshock.info/2012/11/kevin-anderson-what-they-wont-tell-you.html
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Are the climate deniers right? Are some scientists colluding with government to hide the truth about climate change?
"Yes", according to top British scientist Kevin Anderson - but not the scandal you've heard about.
Top scientists and government reports won't tell you we are heading toward catastrophic climate change. Emissions are skidding out of control, leading us to a world six degrees Centigrade hotter on average, much faster than anyone thought possible. Why doesn't the public know?
Why are world conferences still talking about staying below 2 degrees, as though that is possible?
In a devastating speech at Bristol University Tuesday November 6th, 2012, Dr. Kevin Anderson accused too many climate scientists of keeping quiet about the unrealistic assessments put out by governments, - and our awful odds of reaching global warming far above the proposed 2 degree safe point.
In fact, says Anderson, we are almost guaranteed to reach 4 degrees C (over 7 degrees F.) of warming, as early as 2050. We may soar far beyond that - beyond the point which agriculture, the ecosystem, and industrial civilization can survive.
All this comes from one of the world's top climate scientists, plugged in to the latest research and numbers. Kevin Anderson is Deputy Director of the UK's premier climate modelling institution, the Tyndall Centre, and the University of Manchester.
Anderson delivered the speech "Real Clothes for the emperor, Facing the Challenges of Climate Change" at the Cabot Institute of the University of Bristol in Britain.
His estimates are backed up by recent reports from the International Energy Agency, and now the global accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers. I also quote from Joe Romm's blog at thinkprogress.org, and a comment by Lewis Cleverdon from Wales, in the Transition blog at transitionculture.org.
All music on this program is by Suvarna, with her co-conspirator Ravi, and guest Egyptian percussionist Hossam Ramzy. We end this Radio Ecoshock show with a special single she sent to Radio Ecoshock. It's dead on. The song is "Atmosphere's Lament".
Suvarna's home page here.
http://www.infinitymusic.org/
http://www.ecoshock.net/eshock12/ES_121114_Show.mp3 Faster download, lower quality Lo-Fi
http://www.ecoshock.net/eshock12/ES_121114_Show_LoFi.mp3 Find the helpful slides (including the graphs) for this Kevin Anderson speech here.
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/media/2012/11//502640.pdf Find the full original speech, as recorded by Alex Smith here.
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/media/2012/11//502497.mp3 Huge blog with all the links and discussion on the coming climate catastrophe here.
http://www.ecoshock.info/2012/11/kevin-anderson-what-they-wont-tell-you.html ---------------------------
Are the climate deniers right? Are some scientists colluding with government to hide the truth about climate change?
"Yes", according to top British scientist Kevin Anderson - but not the scandal you've heard about.
Top scientists and government reports won't tell you we are heading toward catastrophic climate change. Emissions are skidding out of control, leading us to a world six degrees Centigrade hotter on average, much faster than anyone thought possible. Why doesn't the public know?
Why are world conferences still talking about staying below 2 degrees, as though that is possible?
In a devastating speech at Bristol University Tuesday November 6th, 2012, Dr. Kevin Anderson accused too many climate scientists of keeping quiet about the unrealistic assessments put out by governments, - and our awful odds of reaching global warming far above the proposed 2 degree safe point.
In fact, says Anderson, we are almost guaranteed to reach 4 degrees C (over 7 degrees F.) of warming, as early as 2050. We may soar far beyond that - beyond the point which agriculture, the ecosystem, and industrial civilization can survive.
All this comes from one of the world's top climate scientists, plugged in to the latest research and numbers. Kevin Anderson is Deputy Director of the UK's premier climate modelling institution, the Tyndall Centre, and the University of Manchester.
Anderson delivered the speech "Real Clothes for the emperor, Facing the Challenges of Climate Change" at the Cabot Institute of the University of Bristol in Britain.
His estimates are backed up by recent reports from the International Energy Agency, and now the global accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers. I also quote from Joe Romm's blog at thinkprogress.org, and a comment by Lewis Cleverdon from Wales, in the Transition blog at transitionculture.org.
All music on this program is by Suvarna, with her co-conspirator Ravi, and guest Egyptian percussionist Hossam Ramzy. We end this Radio Ecoshock show with a special single she sent to Radio Ecoshock. It's dead on. The song is "Atmosphere's Lament".
Suvarna's home page here.
http://www.infinitymusic.org/
Alex Smith
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