The Guardian reported last week that “scientists at the international congress in Copenhagen have prepared a summary statement of their findings for policy makers. This was handed today to the Danish prime minister, Anders Fogh Rasmussen. Ahead of the UN Climate Change Conference in December he will formally hand this statement over to officials and heads of state at the conference. The full conclusions from the 2,500 scientific delegates from 80 countries that have attended the three-day meeting this week will be published in full in June 2009. The congress was conceived as an update of the science of global warming ahead of the UN summit in December. The most recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report published in 2007 is now three to four years out of date.”

The scientists key messages focused the  following six aspects:  Climatic trends, Social disruption, Long-term strategy, Equity dimensions, Inaction is inexcusable”, Meeting the challenge.

For full details, read the article in The Guardian.