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The Zero-Emissions Imperative / Angel Gurría, Secretary-General of the OECD, Project Syndicate, 24/01/2014http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/angel-gurr-a-says-that-nothing-short-of-a-post-carbon-economy-by-the-second-half-of-this-century-can-stop-catastrophic-climate-changeOur planet is warming dangerously. And, as the 2013 report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change makes clear, our carbon-dioxide emissions over the past half-century are extremely likely to be to blame. A more robust approach to global warming is needed if we are to avoid catastrophe. Unlike the recent financial crisis, there is no bailout option for the earth’s climate...