1 - Avoiding the worst consequences of climate change will require large cuts in global greenhouse gas emissions.

2 - This is an essential feature of scientific skepticism that helps us avoid the trap of interpreting accidental coincidences as significant results.

3 - Unemployment and inflation are the unavoidable immediate outcome of a structural shock affecting the way of functioning of the economy.

4 - Many bankruptcies can be avoided by practicing good money management.

5 - To avoid the most catastrophic consequences of global warming, the United States and other developed nations must reduce greenhouse gas pollution at least 80 percent below 2005 levels by the middle of this century.