Democracy Gone Astray

Democracy, being a human construct, needs to be thought of as directionality rather than an object. As such, to understand it requires not so much a description of existing structures and/or other related phenomena but a declaration of intentionality.
This blog aims at creating labeled lists of published infringements of such intentionality, of points in time where democracy strays from its intended directionality. In addition to outright infringements, this blog also collects important contemporary information and/or discussions that impact our socio-political landscape.

All the posts here were published in the electronic media – main-stream as well as fringe, and maintain links to the original texts.

[NOTE: Due to changes I haven't caught on time in the blogging software, all of the 'Original Article' links were nullified between September 11, 2012 and December 11, 2012. My apologies.]

Friday, May 03, 2013

Global warming caused super storms, ice thaw, UN organization warns

Global warming was to blame for super storms that killed hundreds of people last year, and record levels of ice thaw in the Arctic, the United Nations has warned.

As national representatives meet in Bonn, Germany, for the latest round of climate change negotiations, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) issued its latest report on the damage attributed to global warming.

The annual summary, which will inform policy-makers around the world, confirmed that 2012 was the ninth-warmest year on record, since record have been kept. The global average temperature in 2012 was 0.45 C warmer than the 1961 to 1990 long-term average of 14 C.

The report also pointed out that Arctic ice was at a record low, rainfall increased causing floods around the world and a number of countries experienced drought.

Extreme weather events, like Superstorm Sandy in the U.S. and typhoon Bopha in the Philippines, were linked to climate change and the damage and death toll could be exacerbated by rising sea levels. Michel Jar-raud, the secretary-general of the WMO, said the extreme events in 2012 were "a sign of things to come."

Original Article
Source: canada.com
Author: Louise Gray
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1 comment:

  1. Anonymous5 May 2013 at 15:17

    "Global warming was to blame for super storms that killed hundreds of people last year, and record levels of ice thaw in the Arctic..."

    It was also responsible for the extreme melting of the Antarctic ice sheet last year. And now it is responsible for the growing of the Antarctic ice sheet this year. CO2 is diabolical, it really is.

    Be afraid of CO2, be afraid!

    klem

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