"THE World Bank has warned that global temperatures could rise by four degrees this century without immediate action, with potentially devastating consequences for coastal cities and the poor."
as reported on the australian and smh websites today
you might not see the urgent need for alternative energies but others certainly do.
to quote the article further:
"Kim, a physician and former president of Dartmouth College who was tapped for the World Bank by US President Barack Obama, said that 97 per cent of scientists agreed that human activity was causing climate change.
"As someone who has lived in the world of science for a long time, 97 per cent is unheard-of consensus," he said."