Greater Urgency Surrounding Climate Change

A recent New York Times article highlighted the importance of action on climate change. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change or the IPCC, (the recent co-winner of the Nobel prize shared with Al Gore), in its recent report heightens the necessity for real collaborative action surrounding global warming with obligatory participation from China and the United States. Like many scientists have asserted, Rajendra Pachauri, a leader of the IPCC, says that the steps taken within the next few years to alleviate climate change effects are vital. Jeffery D. Sachs of Columbia said that, "It's extremely clear and is very explicit that the cost of inaction will be huge compared to the coast of inaction." For those that do not believe that climate change is real and human induced, must realize that the scientific evidence is incontrovertible.

This article also highlighted the response from President Bush in that, "the issue warrants urgent action and we need to bring forward in a more accelerated way the technologies that will make a lasting solution possible." Usually Bush responds to climate change in an aloof manner, however at least he actually acknowledged the "urgency" of the issue. However, will action take place during this administration? Many believe the United States must wait until 2008 for such a possibility.

The IPCC on Climate Change