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Climate Change - Climate Crisis


Greenhouse Gases Have Already
Reached Dangerous Tipping Point
The carbon dioxide equivalent of greenhouse gases (GHG) in the atmosphere has already reached 390 parts per million (NOAA) (with total "long-term" GHG equaling 455 parts per million). (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Report) This level is considered a tipping point.

"The amount of greenhouse gas in the atmosphere is already above the threshold that can potentially cause dangerous climate change. We are already at risk...It's not next year or next decade, it's now." (Tim Flannery, climate change expert) (1), (2).

Scientist Chris Field from the IPCC says the current trajectory of climate change is now much worse than the IPCC had originally projected in part due to China and India's increasing reliance on coal power.

The research shows carbon emissions have grown sharply since 2000, despite growing concerns about climate change. During the 1990s, carbon emissions grew by less than 1% per year. Since 2000, emissions have grown at a rate of 3.5% per year. No part of the world had a decline in emissions from 2000 to 2008. In 2010, global emissions reached a record.

Field told the American Association for the Advancement of Science:

"We are basically looking now at a future climate beyond anything we've considered seriously in climate model situations." (1)

Report from the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA):
Climate disasters are on the rise. Around 70 percent of disasters are now climate related - up from around 50 percent from two decades ago. 

These disasters take a heavier human toll and come with a higher price tag.  In the last decade, 2.4 billion people were affected by climate related disasters, compared to 1.7 billion in the previous decade. The cost of responding to disasters has risen tenfold between 1992 and 2008.

Destructive sudden heavy rains, intense tropical storms, repeated flooding and droughts are likely to increase, as will the vulnerability of local communities in the absence of strong concerted action. (1)

Climate change is not just a distant future threat. It is the main driver behind rising humanitarian needs and we are seeing its impact. The number of people affected and the damages inflicted by extreme weather has been unprecedented. (2) (learn more at OCHA)


Unless we can reduce the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere to 350 parts per million, we will cause huge and irreversible damage to the earth. (350.org)

Global Warming

Air Pollution

Air Pollution

Ozone Depletion

Ozone Depletion

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Water

 

 

Fresh Water Shortages and Water Pollution

Water Pollution

Ocean and Coastal Threats

Overfishing


Shrinking Wetlands

Wetlands

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Land

 

 

Genetic Engineering

Genetic Engineering




Forest Destruction/Deforestation

Deforestation



Industrial Agriculture and Farm Animals

Food Supply Monopoly

Desertification

Desertification

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Air, Water & Land

 

 

Toxic Chemicals

Toxic Chemicals

Nuclear Weapons and Nuclear Power

Nuclear War

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Impact on Humans

 

 

World Hunger - Growing Food Crisis

World Hunger






Hormone/Endocrine Disruptors

Endocrine Disruptors

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Impact on Animals

 

 

Endangered Species and Biodiversity Loss

Endangered Species

Animal Cruelty

Animal Cruelty

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State of the World

Overall State of the World




World Population Issues

Human Population Chart

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Current Environmental News

 

 


 
Less than 1 percent of the species that have emerged since the advent of life on our planet more than 3 billion years ago are still alive today. The nonhuman organisms, be they animal, plant, fungi, algae or bacteria, that have successfully survived and reproduced for thousands, and even millions, of generations have done so because they have mastered the survival game... Deborah Rich

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