(40) Scientists call for 40pc emissions cuts (40% below 1990 levels by 2020)

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http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/09/21/2691324.htm

Scientists call for 40pc emissions cuts

Posted September 21, 2009 06:43:00

Forty of the world's leading scientists have signed an open letter calling on political leaders to take tougher action on climate change.

The scientists say this week's United Nations climate talks in New York must lay out a plan for an agreement to be delivered at the UN meeting in Copenhagen in December.

The joint statement calls for industrialised countries to cut emissions by at least 40 per cent below 1990 levels by 2020.

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"If you look at the commitment as we go towards Copenhagen they're falling woefully short of what we need to do in terms of avoiding dangerous climate change," he said.

"(We're) really saying, wake up, this is a lot more serious than we think.

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1. A gloomy person might predict that this means we're fucked...

Because "40% emissions displacement in 11 years?"