"The Nobel Peace prize-winning Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released a report yesterday summarizing over 5 years of scientific research on t

"The Nobel Peace prize-winning Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released a report yesterday summarizing over 5 years of scientific research on the impacts and future predictions of climate change. It is not an uplifting read but important that everyone understand the scientific consensus. "What we do in the next two to three years will determine our future. This is the defining moment." - Rajendra Pachauri, a scientist and economist who heads the IPCC The paragraph from the report that I found most revealing was the following: "Climate change is likely to lead to some irreversible impacts. There is medium confidence that approximately 20-30% of species assessed so far are likely to be at increased risk of extinction if increases in global average temperature increase exceed 1.5-2.5 degrees C (relative to 1980-1999). As global average temperature increase exceeds about 3.5 degrees C, model projections suggest significant extinctions (40-70% of species assessed) around the globe." The IPCC's economic analyses say that trend can be reversed at reasonable cost. Indeed, it says, there is "much evidence that mitigation actions can result in near-term co-benefits (e.g. improved health due to reduced air pollution)" that may offset costs." While I agree that research is necessary, it takes a long time. There are already a lot of grants and VC money going into greentech, but more money doesn't always correlate to faster progress (as all of you know).