In the interview, Figueres discussed the need for the United States to finally sign on to a global climate treaty, the inevitability of world economies making the transition to a low - carbon future, and the need for politicians to feel the same
urgency as climate scientists about the threats posed by global warming.
This has been reinforced with increasing
urgency by
scientists around the world, with US
climate scientist James Hansen this week publishing a paper highlighting that «conceivable levels of human - made
climate forcing could yield the low - end runaway greenhouse effect» including «out - of - control amplifying feedbacks such
as ice sheet disintegration and melting of methane hydrates».