Quote of the Week - "We are in a kind of climate emergency now," Professor (Stefan) Rahmstorf said, noting that global carbon dioxide levels last year rose by a record rate of more than 3 parts per million.

"We are in a kind of climate emergency now," Professor (Stefan) Rahmstorf said, noting that global carbon dioxide levels last year rose by a record rate of more than 3 parts per million.

"Governments have promised to act [to curb greenhouse gas emissions] and they need to do better than what they promised in Paris" at the global climate summit last December, he said.

'True shocker': February spike in global temperatures stuns scientists by Peter Hannam, Sydney Morning herald, Mar 14, 2016