{"id":1089,"date":"2009-08-25T11:53:52","date_gmt":"2009-08-25T17:53:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.envirobeat.com\/?p=1089"},"modified":"2009-08-25T11:53:52","modified_gmt":"2009-08-25T17:53:52","slug":"afp-top-un-climate-scientist-backs-ambitious-co2-cuts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/envirobeat.com\/?p=1089","title":{"rendered":"AFP: Top UN climate scientist backs ambitious CO2 cuts"},"content":{"rendered":"
“As chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) I cannot take a position because we do not make recommendations,” said Rajendra Pachauri when asked if he supported calls to keep atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations below 350 parts per million (ppm).<\/p>\n
“But as a human being I am fully supportive of that goal. What is happening, and what is likely to happen, convinces me that the world must be really ambitious and very determined at moving toward a 350 target,” he told AFP in an interview.<\/p>\n