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"We must not give in to those that say that environmental goals should take a back seat until our economy comes back. It's backwards thinking and just plain wrong."
-- Calif. Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, speaking to the Solar Power International conference
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sindark Posted 5:56 am
21 Oct 2008
Political parties and the public at large must accept that stabilizing climate means eventually eliminating net emissions.
They must understand what the on-the-ground ramifications of this are.
A price for carbon must be established, with mechanisms for international trading.
Climate policies must become more rigorous over time, regardless of who is in power.
Climatic stability must become an axiom of all political ideologies accepted by parties likely to gain power in major emitting states.
Emissions reductions must take place both during times of strong economic growth and during times of economic difficulty.
Getting to that point, and doing so fast enough to prevent more than 2°C of mean temperature change, will be very challenging indeed - even if the actual sensitivity of the climate to greenhouse gasses is at the low end of the probable range.
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