What is the human prospect considering the threat of Climate Change?

Clarify

What does Gelbspan mean by

"Our scientific knowledge may even be lagging behind nature. The monetum of globally disrupting climate change may be further enhanced.... areas of uncertainty."

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Focus Group process:

A guided process for running a meeting devised and used by industry and governments, political parties and consultants to ascertain public opinion with some clarity and depth based on participation, reflection and assessment.

"In the First phase, which took one session, the groups discussed which environmental problems they were concerned about before focusing on climate in particular."

"They were then divided into two smaller groups each of which was asked to make a collage by cutting out and arranging images from various magazines."

Make this together:

one collage	how the area would look if energy were use were to evolve much as it had in the past for the next thirty years.	"business as usual" in that work, travel and commerce remains fossil fuel intensive
second collage	how the area would look if the energy use were reduced by 50%	"greenhouse gas" reductions are significant but only part of what is needed by 2030 to stabilize CO2 at 700 p/million

Environment, (April, 2000), p. 36.

with a product
Gelbspan, pp. 1-83,Christianson, pp. ix-36.

Take notes; raise important points to assist you in writing.

draft a 2 page prognosis

Gnosis	diagnosis	prognosis
knowing, knowledge of	to analyze, take apart and disect the parts to obtain information about a case, situation, or existing condition.	to make a judgment based on facts and interpretations of those facts collectively in order to formulate an opinion, albeit aneducated opinion.
The world is revealed through our active search and acquisition of information about physical conditions, places & things.	to cut in two, create a ratio and to estalish facts through skeptical falsification.	Develop a preference for certain public choices based on an abilityto discern fact from opinion. (lex or res vs. doxa)

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