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An international project of the Arctic Council and the International Arctic Science Committee (IASC), to evaluate and synthesize knowledge on climate variability, climate change, and increased ultraviolet radiation and their consequences. The results of the assessment were released at the ACIA International Scientific Symposium held in Reykjavik, Iceland in November 2004.
The effects of climate change are expected to be greatest in the developing countries in terms of loss of life and relative effects on investment and the economy.
Receding: The Muir Glacier in Alaska, as it was in 1941 (left) and in 2004
Tuvalu, 2004-12-28: Two years ago the government announced they might sue the United States and Australia because they have rejected the Kyoto protocol on global warming.
Inuits: The US position on global warming is threatening their existence as a people.
...what just happened, hitting Maldives, for example, does clearly underscore the necessity and the urgency to move beyond the problems of definitions, of hesitations, of uncertainty, and try to build the capacity of these vulnerable island countries to be able to cope with these disasters...The world should be ashamed of itself.
The technologies are out there to create sustainable energy sources, materials, and more, that can prevent or mitigate the worst results of global warming. High-tech fixes to actually living alongside rising oceans may prove a lot more elusive.
Chris M. Fick
The answers are achievable, but will require a difficult and significant shift in moral beliefs, life styles, laws, and leadership. Making people change how they think and behave is the most difficult part of the solution and may make this particular solution impossible to achieve. Also, time is not on our side so we must begin now.
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