Scientists call for 100 euro price on carbon
- The earth is already approaching a point of no return as regards to climate change effects, according to a published report signed by 14,000 researchers.
- Johan Rockström, professor of earth systems science at the University of Potsdam, says we have to set a global end-date for the extraction of fossil fuels urgently.
- Rockström also stresses the importance of preserving biological diversity and protecting the earth’s ecological system or else it will all be in vain.
For more on the report and the urgency of the climate crisis, Radio Sweden spoke with Johan Rockström, professor of earth systems science at the University of Potsdam
Related stories from around the North:
Canada: How the North is doing when it comes to Canada’s climate targets, CBC News
Greenland: Tipping points: can a leaked report tip the scales to climate action? Blog by Irene Quaile
Norway: Polar bears face extinction in Svalbard and Arctic Russia says scientist, The Independent Barents Observer
Russia: Record breaking temperatures recorded in Arctic Russia, Eye on the Arctic
Sweden: Heavier rainfall will increase risk of landslides and flooding in Sweden, Radio Sweden
United States: Alaska’s Northwest Arctic Borough gets $2 million tribal energy grant, Alaska Public Media
