The world does need a red line – on climate change

Activists agree we must fight the Keystone XL pipeline in the US, but also chip away at the political power of the fossil fuel industry.

In a few weeks, a new Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report, prepared by 2,000 climate scientists from around the world, will be released. Leaked early drafts reveal some frightening predictions for the next century, including a high likelihood that the globe's average temperature will rocket past the 2C target, the reddest of red lines for human existence on the planet.

More: http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/sep/09/fossil-fuels-climate-change-keystone-pipeline