Energy watchdog: Clean energy ‘more urgent than ever’

[Playinghardball]

The need for a more sustainable global energy system is more urgent than ever, energy watchdog, the International Energy Agency warned on Monday as UN climate talks went into a second week.

“As international climate negotiators enter their second week of talks … in Doha, the need to rapidly transition to a more secure, sustainable global energy system is more urgent than ever,” IEA Executive Director Maria van der Hoeven said in statement.

“IEA analysis shows that achieving the internationally agreed climate goal of limiting warming to two degrees celsius is becoming more difficult and more expensive with every passing year,” she said.

After six days of intense negotiations, observers in Doha said nations were far from agreement on extending the Kyoto Protocol on curbing emissions of Earth-warming gases, mainly carbon dioxide (CO2) produced from burning fossil fuels.

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/12/03/energy-watchdog-clean-energy-more-urgent-than-ever/

[NoOneMan]

1. Within 2 years, I predict the goalposts will be moved

Two things will happen:

1) 2C will be abandoned for something more realistic
2) Science will more accurately inform us that even 2C wasn't "safe"