Climate map shows impacts if we fail to limit dangerous climate change (22/10/2009)
A new map illustrating the global consequences of failing to keep climate change to under 2 degrees Celsius was launched today by the UK Government. With just 45 days to go before international climate change talks begin in Copenhagen, British ministers are pressing for the most ambitious deal possible in order to avoid these dangerous impacts.
The map – launched at the Science Museum by Foreign Secretary, David Miliband, Climate and Energy Secretary Ed Miliband, along with the UK‟s Chief Scientist, Professor John Beddington, was developed using the latest peer-reviewed science from the Met Office Hadley Centre and other leading impact scientists. The poster highlights some of the impacts that may occur if the global average temperature rises by 4 degrees Celsius above the pre-industrial climate average.
See related press release [PDF, 180KB, new window].
UK foreign policy news
- Human Rights resolution on Iran (20/11/2009)
- Change of Ambassador to Mozambique (20/11/2009)
- Chris Bryant visits Cyprus (20/11/2009)
- Cluster munitions ban will make world a safer place (20/11/2009)
- Resolutions on Burma and DPRK (19/11/2009)
- Inauguration 'offers hope for the Afghan people' (19/11/2009)
- Bloggers verdict in Azerbaijan (19/11/2009)
- Change of Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Congo (19/11/2009)
- 'Macedonia's future lies as a member of the EU' (18/11/2009)
- EU statements on Israeli settlements and Gaza (18/11/2009)
