Not exact matches
To get a figure here (based on the IPCC synthesis report) I
gather we need to make an assumption about
future emissions long in the
future, and as far as I remember the way this works is that we assume say constant emissions between now and 2100, and then a drop to zero, or rising emissions to 2100 and then a drop to zero, or emissions
falling to zero tommorrow, or something along these lines.
Thomas Stocker, a climate scientist at the University of Bern and a co-chair of the UN climate panel, said he had sought permission to convene a public debate on the
future of the IPCC at one of the biggest
gatherings on the scientific calendar, the
fall meeting of the American Geophysical Union (AGU).
Delegates from around the world
gather in Bonn this weekend to chart the
future of a new global - warming treaty they hope to sign in Mexico this
fall or in South Africa in 2011 at the latest.