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CESP NEWS
April 4, 2007
Report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change presents "key global risks" that threaten humanity

The report is designed to identify the dangers that the failure to curb emissions of carbon dioxide, methane and other greenhouse gases present for the planet. CESP senior fellows and co-author of the report Terry Root and Stephen Schneider comment on the need for politicians and planners to know the worst-case scenarios and to begin taking action now.The encouraging message is that the problem can be fixed and scientists and politicians must work together to make that happen.

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Stephen H. Schneider, PhD

Co-director, CESP; FSI Senior Fellow and Melvin and Joan Lane Professor for Interdisciplinary Environmental Studies, Professor of Biological Sciences; Professor, by courtesy, of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Terry L. Root, PhD

Professor of Biological Sciences, by courtesy; FSI Senior Fellow

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