http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/17/science/earth/17.. Back in 2007 Rajinda Pachauri, Chairman of the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) said that action to halt CC must be taken by 2012, else it would be too late to control the climate. If such a non-flathead can be believed, editorials like this one are only so much fuss and ado.