It has been a great World Maritime Day Parallel Event here in New York City! I will blog more on it later, but thought I'd share with you these concise bullets -- provided via twitter from @Amver 's Ben Strong -- of our keynote speech by Director John Holdren, from the President's Office of Science and Technology Policy. You can see all the tweets from this event using the hash tag #wmdpe.
Dr. Holdren- without energy there is no economy.
Dr. Holdren- USA number 2 in fossil CO2 emissions.
Dr. Holdren- climate change: what's already happening? Temps increae, Ice melting, increae in natural disasters.
Dr. Holdren- weakening of East Asia monsoon having negative effect on China & caused by climate change.
Dr. Holdren- Tipping points: if Arctic sea ice melts & doesn't reform, climate of N Hemisphere would change.
Dr. Holdren- options? Mitigate, adaptation, or suffer!
Dr. Holdren- this is climate change policy FOR the economy rather than versus the economy.
Dr. Holdren- without energy there is no economy.
Dr. Holdren- USA number 2 in fossil CO2 emissions.
Dr. Holdren- climate change: what's already happening? Temps increae, Ice melting, increae in natural disasters.
Dr. Holdren- weakening of East Asia monsoon having negative effect on China & caused by climate change.
Dr. Holdren- Tipping points: if Arctic sea ice melts & doesn't reform, climate of N Hemisphere would change.
Dr. Holdren- options? Mitigate, adaptation, or suffer!
Dr. Holdren- this is climate change policy FOR the economy rather than versus the economy.
