of the whole earth fell by half a degree last year. does this mean that global warming is now over and is no more than a green light there and we can begin to forget about our carbon footprint and do business as usual? the climate septic skeptics think so and i would like to be able to agree with them and be relaxed and tell you happy stories about climate change but sadly, despite the school s tell, don t justify that conclusion. if we want a more authoritative account of climate change, we have to turn to the governmental panel on climate change. the ipc see. as you probably know, it is made of over a thousand of the world s best of dates. they were rightly awarded the nobel peace prize, the announced efforts. importantly, they regard climate change as real, their findings were taken by world leaders, so much so, they were used to frame legislation to the end of the century. the other agencies are prepared to hold grand meetings and copenhagen and then agree, 40 or more y