U.N. climate report says sweeping CO2 cuts needed - Reuters

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Source: Reuters

U.N. climate report says sweeping CO2 cuts needed
04 May 2007 06:08:04 GMT
Source: Reuters

BANGKOK, May 4 (Reuters) - The world needs to cut annual emissions
of carbon dioxide by between 50 and 85 percent by 2050 to keep global
warming in check, a U.N. climate change report said on Friday.

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report, approved in
Bangkok, also said keeping the rise in temperatures to within 2 degrees
centigrade would cost 0.12 percent of global Gross Domestic Product.


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1. Climate change 'can be tackled'

The growth in greenhouse gas emissions can be curbed at reasonable cost, experts at a major UN climate change conference in Bangkok have agreed.

Boosting renewable energy, reducing deforestation and improving energy efficiency can all help, they said.

This is the third report this year from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), and aims to set out the costs and benefits of various policies.

IPCC chair Rajendra Pachauri said the report was "stunning"

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