Two years ago, the International Energy Agency was telling countries that the global economic crisis was an opportunity to mitigate climate change. Less production and less economic activity would result in lower emissions. Or so the thinking went. How wrong they were.
Now Scientific American tell us that levels of main greenhouse gases in the atmosphere have risen to new highs in 2010. That's despite an economic slowdown in many nations that slowed down industrial output. Scientific American reports: "Recession in 2009 in many nations has not apparently affected gains. The International Energy Agency estimated in September that emissions of carbon dioxide would fall about 2.6 percent in 2009 because of a decline in industrial activity."
Why is this happening? Actually, it's quite simple. Each carbon molecule emitted typically lingers in the atmosphere for many years. Economics has zero impact.
The scary part is that the International Energy Agency didn't know this. And they're supposed to be the experts!
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