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Climate change inaction is like Aids denial, says scientist
2013-09-18 14:26:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Telegraph: Professor Nilay Shah, of Imperial College London, predicted that those who argue against a rapid cut in emissions would be judged similarly to those who had disputed the medical evidence on Aids in the past. Prof Shah was speaking as he launched a report advocating global spending of $2 trillion a year by 2050, or 1 per cent of GDP, to limit global warming to 2C above pre-industrial levels. He said: "There's an interesting parallel with South Africa in the 90s, where political capital was being...
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