Cuts by 2050

NY Times:

G-8 Leaders Pledge Emissions Cuts by 2050

Pledging to “move toward a low-carbon society,” leaders of the world’s richest nations endorsed Tuesday the idea of cutting greenhouse gas emissions in half by 2050, but did not specify whether the starting point would be current levels or 1990 levels, and refused to set a short-term target for reducing the gases that scientists agree are warming the planet.

Is it possible for a civilization to commit suicide? We shall see.