Are we past the "tipping point" of climate change?

as i look out my 16th floor office window over sofia, bulgaria, on a sunny sunday afternoon with the temperature almost up to freezing after a week of near-record cold, i am blinded by the glare of the thick smoky haze enveloping the city... the hilton hotel is not more than 8 blocks away but it floats in a miasma that suggests a stark reality - sofia's citizens are breathing a toxic soup... today's wapo article highlights a grim shift in the world climate change debate...

Now that most scientists agree human activity is causing Earth to warm, the central debate has shifted to whether climate change is progressing so rapidly that, within decades, humans may be helpless to slow or reverse the trend.

ironically, a pocket guide to sofia i was perusing last night may just offer the most candid description of any city i have ever encountered in any guide...

As temperatures hit freezing and the air fills with the fumes of thousands of household stoves, your first impressions [of Sofia] may be less than encouraging. The city's trams and buses are so full of coughing and sneezing citizens at this time of year that they look more like mobile hospital wards than modes of public transport.

yes, we can cluck our tongues over sofia but, let's remember, this is happening in cities all over the world...

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