You would think that since the world has been undergoing global cooling since 1998 after the exposure of NASA’s James Hansen’s intentionally incorrect arithmetic, that the scaremongering would end but I should have known better:

No one can overestimate the harmful effects of rapid climate change. Countries around the world, especially advanced economies, are stepping up their efforts to fight global warming. However, their action has not been enough to drastically reduce emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases. More efforts are needed to prevent catastrophic consequences and to save the Earth before it is too late.

South Korea is ready to take more responsibility on global warming. And the government has been stepping up cooperation to cut greenhouse gas emissions. It is also preparing measures for a new international accord on combating climate change to replace the United Nation’s Kyoto Protocol that will expire in 2012.

But, there are growing fears that the world cannot contain global warming without taking revolutionary measures. For example, the annual average temperature here in South Korea is expected to climb from the present 13.6 degrees Celsius to 14.8 degrees in 2020, 16.6 degrees in 2050, and 18.6 degrees in 2080. It is apparent that South Korea will turn into a subtropical country well before the end of the 21st century.

It is widely believed that local farmers will no longer be able to grow apples as early as 2030, while pine trees, common in the country, will disappear rapidly. People are likely to experience the wide-ranging effects of global warming in every sector of society in several decades. What matters is whether we can adapt ourselves to the rapid climate change.  [Korea Times]

And I thought the scaremongering over US beef was bad.  Ironically this past year was unusually cool and by using the global warming religionists logic if the rate of cooling continues at this rate for 20 years the globe will be 14C cooler by 2027.  I don’t think Koreans will be growing many apples in those conditions either.