Joe Romm at Climate Progress is paying attention to the latest report from International Energy Agency (IEA) which is being uncharacteristically blunt in their assessment of their own agency study.
IEA Deputy Executive Director says there is no single magic bullet that will address all of today’s energy challenges
The IEA has been warning for the past few years but no one seems to be listening. Their chief economist, Fatih Birol, said late last year that the world is on pace for 11°F warming, and
"Even School Children Know This Will Have Catastrophic Implication for All of US". If only school children ran the world!
The IEA news release is about the recent remarks of Deputy Executive Director Richard H. Jones:
Ambassador Richard H. Jones warned that if energy policies do not adapt, enough carbon dioxide will be being emitted to reach 1,000 parts per million in the atmosphere. According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change that equates to 6º Celsius increase in temperature by the end of this century. “That’s basically Miami Beach in Boston,” he said.
Is anybody listening?