Despair and desolation

Unless EPICC gets implemented on a really large scale, we're barreling down a road to environmental catastrophe (or at least some really hard times).

Planet far away on climate goals: study



A central snippet:

"A study by the group found that the world at current rates would emit 54 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide or its equivalent in 2020, a gap of 10 to 14 billion tonnes with what is needed to meet the goals.

The planet is "very, very far away" from meeting the 2.0-degree goal, said co-author Bill Hare, a lead writer of the major 2007 UN scientific report on climate change and director at Potsdam- based research group Climate Analytics.

"We are heading towards a warming of well over 3.0 degrees at present unless there are major improvements in the pledges," Hare, who has advised environmental group Greenpeace, told a news conference."

[He shoulda told the Republicans, even though they won't listen.]