The global temperature has increased to a level not seen for 115,000 years, requiring daunting technological advances that will cost the coming generations hundreds of trillions of dollars, according to the scientist widely credited with bringing climate change to the public’s attention. “There’s a misconception that we’ve begun to address the climate problem,” said Hansen, who brought climate change into the public arena through his testimony to the US congress in the 1980s. Last year, 21 youths aged between 8 and 19 years old filed a constitutional lawsuit against the Obama administration for failing to do enough to slow climate change. “The science is crystal clear, we have to phase out emissions over the next few decades,” Hansen said. US emissions set to miss 2025 target in Paris climate change deal, research finds Read moreHansen said this is a “dubious” proposition because it requires a vast change in land use at a time where a growing global population will require more food.

Source: The Guardian October 04, 2016 03:56 UTC