False Alarm: Sea Level Rise Much Slower Than Predicted

(Before It's News)

A new, first-of-its-kind comprehensive scientific analysis has shown that there is little to fear from rising sea levels driven by global warming. The likelihood is that the 21st century will see rises much like those of the 20th, and even in the worst possible case sea levels in 2100 will be far below those foreseen by alarmists. –Lewis Page, The Register, 3 October 2012

It was supposed to be a clever way of neutralising greenhouse gas pollution in rich countries and boosting green investment in poorer nations. But seven years after the first credit was issued in the world’s only global carbon market – the UN’s Clean Development Mechanism – prices have plunged to record lows and a panel set up by the UN itself to assess the CDM says it has “essentially collapsed”. –Pilita Clark, Financial Times, 2 October 2012

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