What will happen to the global environment if carbon dioxide isn curbed?
It will get more and more difficult to reduce the impacts of climate change. There is a lot of momentum to the changes in climate that we are beginning to experience. Inaction today means no matter what we do in the future we will experience significant disruptions to our economic and ecological systems. Locally, we can look for increased stress on the health of Narragansett Bay and tougher economic competition. Our global competitors are already increasing their efficiency to compete more effectively in a world that recognizes the need for action on reduced greenhouse gas emissions. We will undoubtedly have to do the same.
