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Subject:

HOW MUCH CLIMATE CHANGE CAN WE TAKE? - DEFRA LAUNCHES NEW BOOK

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Chris Church <[log in to unmask]>

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Mon, 30 Jan 2006 13:35:21 -0000

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This is the news release about the book which has led to the current flurry 
of interest...

30/01/2006 12:48 Department for Environment, Food And Rural Affairs 
(National)
HOW MUCH CLIMATE CHANGE CAN WE TAKE? - DEFRA LAUNCHES NEW BOOK

Over the last year we have seen growing evidence of climate change. Indeed, 
statistics suggest that 2005 is the second warmest year on record. The 
Arctic sea ice shrank to its lowest extent last summer and  devastating 
hurricanes show how sensitive even developed societies are to extreme 
weather.

Temperatures are expected to continue to rise and extreme events are likely 
to become more frequent with climate change. But how much climate change can 
we take? How can we avoid levels which can be considered dangerous? The 
"Avoiding Dangerous Climate Change" book, which is being launched today by 
Defra, explores these questions.

The book gives an account of the most recent developments on the science of 
climate change, explores how much climate change is too much and how can we 
avoid it. It examines the consequences of different levels of climate change 
in terms of impacts for different sectors and regions, as well as the world 
as a whole. And it considers technological options that can be deployed to 
achieve different levels of climate change as the world moves to a lower 
carbon economy.

The book builds on the scientific findings presented at the "Avoiding 
Dangerous Climate Change" conference, which took place at the Met Office, 
Exeter in February 2005 at the start of the UK's G8 Presidency.

Prime Minister Tony Blair said the Exeter conference provided a scientific 
backdrop to the whole of the UK's G8 Presidency and the Summit at 
Gleneagles.

Writing in the foreword of the book, Mr Blair said: "At the Gleneagles 
meeting the leaders of the G8 were able to agree on the importance of 
climate change, that human activity does contribute to it and that 
greenhouse gas emissions need to slow, peak and reverse. All G8 countries 
agreed on the need to make substantial cuts in emissions and to act with 
resolve and urgency now.

"This book will serve as more than a record of another conference or event. 
It will provide an invaluable resource for all people wishing to enhance 
global understanding of the science of climate change and the need for 
humanity to act to tackle the problem."

Environment Secretary Margaret Beckett said: "I am very pleased that the 
book has been prepared in such a short time following the ground-breaking 
conference on Avoiding Dangerous Climate Change.

"The conference provided an important scientific context for our G8 sessions 
last year and illustrates very clearly the urgency with which the world has 
to tackle climate change."

Professor Hans Joachim Schellnhuber, chief editor of the book, said: "We 
hope that this book will make a significant contribution to the scientific 
and policy debate on what constitutes dangerous climate change."

Notes to Editors:

1 The book, "Avoiding Dangerous Climate Change" has been prepared by an 
editorial board, led by Professor Hans Joachim Schellnhuber, and is 
published by Cambridge University Press, price £70. More details are 
available at http://www.cambridge.org/0521864712 A pdf of the book will be 
available later today on the Defra website.

2 A  document to go with the "Avoiding Dangerous Climate Change Book" has 
today been released by Defra. It contains a foreword by Dennis Tirpak, chair 
of the conference international scientific steering committee and an 
executive summary of book. It can be found on the Defra website at 
http://www.defra.gov.uk/corporate/publications/pubcat/env.htm#climate

3 The book is being launched tonight at a reception at the Royal Society, 
where speakers will include David Vaughan, British Antarctica Survey; Carol 
Turley, Plymouth Marine Laboratory; Rachel Warren, University of East Anglia 
and Terry Barker, University of Cambridge.

4 The International Symposium on Stabilisation of Greenhouse Gas 
Concentrations - Avoiding Dangerous Climate Change - took place at the 
invitation of the British Prime Minister Tony Blair under the sponsorship of 
Defra at the Met Office, Exeter on February 1-3, 2005. Information on the 
conference is available at http://www.stabilisation2005.com

5 Follow-up events to the Conference were held at the meeting of the 
Subsidiary Bodies of the United Nations Conference on Climate Change 
(UNFCCC) in June and at the Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC in 
Montreal in December.

6 The book will provide input into the UNFCCC's Fourth Assessment Report, 
which will be launched in 2008.

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