Sea levels set to rise faster than expected Ahead of next week’s
meeting of governments in Poznan, Poland for UN climate talks
WWF analysis of the latest climate science comes to the dire
conclusion that humanity is approaching the last chance to keep
global warming below the danger threshold of 2°C. ”The latest
science confirms that we are now seeing devastating consequences
of warming that were not expected to hit for decades,” said Kim
Carstensen, WWF Global Climate Initiative leader. “The early
meltdown of ice in the Arctic and Greenland may soon prompt
further dangerous climate feedbacks, accelerating warming faster
and stronger than forecast. “Responsible politicians cannot dare
to waste another second on delaying tactics in the face of these
urgent warnings from nature. “The planet is now facing a new
quality of change, increasingly difficult to adapt to and soon
impossible to reverse. “Governments in Poznan must agree to peak
and decline global emissions well before 2020 to give people
reasonable hope