guardian.co.uk: Leading climate scientist: "The US in a sense is climate illiterate."

[OKIsItJustMe]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/sep/28/us-climate-change-copenhagen-schnellnhuber

US inertia could scupper world climate deal in Copenhagen, says expert

Leading climate scientist criticises Bush administration and points to general ignorance of global warming in US public polls

David Adam, environment correspondent
guardian.co.uk, Monday 28 September 2009 18.06 BST

US ignorance about the risks and reality of global warming could sink hopes of a new global deal to control greenhouse gas emissions at December's climate talks in Copenhagen, an advisor to the German government has said.

Professor John Schellnhuber, of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research in Germany, said the US was "climate illiterate" and that the rest of the world may be forced to agree a new deal without it.

"Nobody should dream of the possibility that numbers and targets for countries will be sealed in Copenhagen," said Schellnhuber, one of the world's foremost climate scientists. "If the US doesn't move then nothing will happen."

He added: "The US in a sense is climate illiterate. It is a deeper problem in the US, if you look at global polls about what the public knows about climate change. Even in Brazil and China, you have more people who know the problem, who think that deep cuts in emissions are needed."

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[CanonRay]

1. We're not just climate illiterate

We're pretty much generally illiterate.

[Nihil]

2. True enough.

(Article came out at the start of the week though FWIW.)

[OKIsItJustMe]

3. Yes, it's dated, but I couldn't find it on the board

(Did I miss it?)

[Nihil]

4. Fair enough - I might have read it in LBN rather than here.

It's worth a reprise anyway for people who missed it first time around.
Thanks!
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