More needed to curb global warming says Dutch agencyRich
countries must raise their emissions reduction targets by 10
percent for global warming global warming, the gradual increase
of the temperature of the earth's lower atmosphere as a result
of the increase in greenhouse gases since the Industrial
Revolution. to be arrested at two degrees Celsius above pre-
industrial levels, a Dutch environmental agency said on
Wednesday. "The current proposals for Copenhagen by the
developed countries ... to reduce emissions do not yet suffice
suf·fice v. suf·ficed, suf·fic·ing, suf·fic·es 1. To meet
present needs or requirements; be sufficient: These rations will
suffice until next week. to limit global warming to a rise of 2
degrees Celsius," the Netherlands Environmental Assessment
Agency The Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (Dutch:
Milieu en Natuur Planbureau) is a Dutch research institute that
advises the Dutch government on environmental policy issues.
said in a statement. "Even if pledges are interpreted