Since Stephen Hawking's declaration that global climate change is a more immediate danger than terrorism, China's recognition of its contribution through gas emissions, and numerous new scientific findings from around the world on climate change, the prospect of our planet changing irreperably has come to the forefront of international attention.

On the eve of the release of The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's first of four reports on the phenomenon, SF State students voice their concerns about America's actions in the face of this global threat.