STATEMENT: World Bank "Raises Alarm" of a 4 Degree Hotter World

STATEMENT: World Bank "Raises Alarm" of a 4 Degree Hotter

wri.org 19 Nov '12, 12am

STATEMENT: World Bank "Raises Alarm" of a 4 Degree Hotter World

The World Bank Group just released a groundbreaking new report on climate change, called Turn Down the Heat , which offers a vivid assessment of what 4 degrees Celsius of global temperature rise would mean for the world. Following is a statement by Andrew Steer, President, President, World Resources Institute: “This report should awaken world leaders out of their slumber on climate change. A 4 degree temperature rise would bring unimaginable costs to people and society. We must take the necessary actions now to stay within 2 degrees or lower of warming. “The differences between 2 degrees and 4 degrees temperature rise are stark. It took little more than four degrees of cooling to create the Ice Age, so imagine the havoc 4 degrees of warming would create. While the impacts would be uneven around the globe, vulnerable countries and poor people would be hardest hit. Communiti...

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@KlausRiede » 26 Nov '12, 4pm
RT @GlobalCanopy: @WorldBank report ‘Turn Down the Heat’ highlights vast differences in effects of a 2°C and 4°C temperature rise [link]
@GlobalCanopy » 23 Nov '12, 8am
@WorldBank report ‘Turn Down the Heat’ highlights vast differences in effects of a 2°C and 4°C temperature rise [link]
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RT @SpokesLothian: Very scary World Bank climate change report [link] @carltonreid @SP_RuralClimate @AlisonJohnstone @scccoalition @patrickharvie
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Very scary World Bank climate change report [link] @carltonreid @SP_RuralClimate @AlisonJohnstone @scccoalition @patrickharvie
@davidrsomme » 21 Nov '12, 10am
Statement by World Bank emphasises the key importance of acting now to avoid an even hotter world [link]
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@SolarPlants1 » 19 Nov '12, 11pm
The alarm bell on global warming is ringing. Let’s hope world leaders are listening. [link]
@SolarPlants1 » 19 Nov '12, 11pm
O sinal de alarme sobre o aquecimento global está tocando. Vamos torcer para que os líderes mundiais estejam ouvindo. [link]
@AndrewSteerWRI » 19 Nov '12, 11am
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RT @michaeloko: STATEMENT: @WorldBank raises "alarm" of a 4 degree hotter world. @WorldResources statement here: [link] #climate
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RT @climatemorgan: New @WorldBank report w shocking impacts of a 4 degrees C hotter world. See @AndrewSteerWRI statement here: [link] #climate
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New @WorldBank report w shocking impacts of a 4 degrees C hotter world. See @AndrewSteerWRI statement here: [link] #climate
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STATEMENT: @WorldBank raises "alarm" of a 4 degree hotter world. @WorldResources statement here: [link] #climate
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RT @olavkjorven: World Bank: we're heading straight for a 4 degrees hotter world, unless world leaders wake up and lead - [link]
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World Bank: we're heading straight for a 4 degrees hotter world, unless world leaders wake up and lead - [link]
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