Hansen, noted for his outspokenness on the topic of
climate change and his willingness to venture into an advocacy role that many other
climate scientists try to avoid, has previously
voiced his concern about the 2 - degree warming benchmark, saying in 2011
at the annual meeting of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) that, «the target that has been
talked about in international negotiations for 2 degrees of warming is actually a prescription for long - term disaster.»
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Voicing his concern on «painfully slow» progress in
climate talks, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh hit
at rich nations for not doing enough to fight
climate change.