National climate assessment is not to scare people: US
May 07, 2014 02:18
The White House today said the purpose of the national climate assessment, which portrays a grim picture, is not to scare people to get the necessary policy changes, but to give them a clear assessment of the dangerous realities of climate change and its implications on common Americans.
"No", White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said when asked about the allegations that the report on climate change is a pressure building tactics to scare the people.
"The Third National Climate Assessment is to provide information in a form that is understandable and comprehensive for Americans across the country to use and review so that they can better understand the effects of a change in climate on their regions of the country and understand that the change in climate is creating impacts everywhere in the country, not in just isolated areas. It's happening now," Carney said.
"I think that is the bottom line result of this assessment or, you know, point that the assessment makes. It is really a remarkable document, produced over the course of much more comprehensive than its predecessors," the White House Press Secretary said.
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