Minister Hedegaard's Challenge to C-ROADS

By Elizabeth Sawin
March 10, 2009

OK - she wasn’t speaking to the C-ROADS team alone but to all of the assembled scientists:

“You scientists have to tell the politicians what you know loud and clear. Bring your best game make your case compelling to decision makers and all citizens.”

She spoke also to those of us attending the conference from the US. The essence of her remarks:

Obama’s pledge of 80% reductions  relative to 1990 levels by 2050 is great, but the world needs the US  to listen to the science and deliver real reductions in the short and medium turn. That will be the real key to bring forth movement toward a global deal.