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The Information and imagery contained in this slide show is an adapted version of that contained in a globally distributed information package from www.350.org
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CHANGING
CLIMATE
OUR
GLACIERS ARE MELTING
MUIR & RIGGS GLACIER 1941
MUIR & RIGGS GLACIER 2004
PEDERSEN GLACIER, AK 1920
PEDERSEN GLACIER, AK 2005
OCEANS ARE ACIDIFYING
Coral reefs are bleaching
SEA LEVELS ARE RISING
Three Year Average
Satellite Altimetry
Year
Sea L
evel C
han
ge (c
m)
threatens the survival of
SMALL ISLANDS
Two degrees (450ppm) is really not a safe level for small island states. For many of them it would be like a death
sentence in the long run.“ ”- Leon Charles, Chair of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS)
WEATHER IS BECOMING MORE EXTREME
Burma cyclone death toll rises above
43,000. “ ”
- USA Today, May 15th, 2008
MAJOR FLOODS PER DECADE
Australia suffers worst drought in
1,000 years “ ”
- Guardian UK, Nov 7, 2008
Australia fires spark calls for CLIMATE
ACTION“ ”- Washington Post, March 1, 2006
“Rapid Warming’ Spreads Havoc in Canada’s Forests.“ ”
- Washington Post, March 1, 2006
Climate change could force
1 BILLION from their homes by 2050.
“ ”- April 30, 2008, The
Independent.
CREATES CLIMATE REFUGEES
impacts
LOCAL LIVELIHOODS
The most comprehensive review ever carried out on the economics of climate change warns that global warming could inflict worldwide disruption as great as that caused by the two World Wars and the Great Depression.
“ ”- Environmental News
Service
STERN REVIEW, 2006
The world has never faced such a predictably massive threat to
food production as that posed by the melting mountain glaciers of
Asia
“ ”- Lester Brown, Earth Policy
Institute, Author of Plan B
DISRUPTS FOOD PRODUCTION
Global Warming Increases Malaria, Dengue Fever Threat, UN Says.“ ”- Bloomberg, Nov. 27, 2007
AFFECTS OUR HEALTH:
Climate change will draw ever-deeper lines of division and conflict in international relations… over the distribution of resources, especially water and land.
“ ”- Report: World in Transition
THREATENS SECURITY:
The most startling evidence yet…
is the MELTING OF THE ARCTIC.
New predictions
Satellite observationsMean IPCC predictionMost likely change
(melt)IPCC range
Actual observed melting
it has melted nearly 80 YEARS ahead of when
scientists predicted
YEAR
% c
han
ge in
ice
cover
SCIENCE
it’s about…
THE GREENHOUSE EFFECT
CO2 CONCENTRATIONS ARE INCREASING
CO2 in PPM
TEMPERATURE
Years
Part
s p
er
Million
C
O2
TODAY: 387ppm
550ppm? More?
EARLY 1900S
LAST ICE AGE
Where we’ll be mid-century if we keep this up
390ppm CO2
today:
Where do we need to go from
here?
CO2 IN THE ATMOSPHERE
WE’RE HERE: 387
WE NEED TO BE HERE: 350
PA
RTS
PER
MIL
LIO
N C
O2
YEAR
THE WORLD NEEDS US TO MAKE CHANGES IN OUR OWN BACKYARD
moving away from fossil fuels
GLOBAL EMISSIONS STILL RISING 2PPM PER YEAR
Total
Petroleum
CoalNatural Gas
Cement Production
YEAR
MIL
LIO
N M
ETR
IC T
ON
S O
F
CA
RB
ON
/YEA
R
IT MEANS PUTTING UP WIND TURBINESINSTEAD OF COAL PLANTS
IT MEANS PLANTING TREESINSTEAD OF CLEAR-CUTTING
RAINFORESTS
AND IMPLEMENTING
A THOUSAND
DIFFERENT SOLUTIONS
that can create new jobs
And make our communities HEALTHIER
PA
RTS
PER
MIL
LIO
N C
O2
YEAR
Phase-out of fossil fuel electricity
generation by 2030
Improved forestry and soil
Reduced oil/gas use
GETTING TO 350
•ADAPTATION
•MITIGATION
•TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER
•FINANCIAL RESOURCES
SOURCES – www.350.org• BBC World Service Poll -
http://www.globescan.com/news_archives/bbc_climate/
• Hansen, James, et al. Target Atmospheric CO2: Where Should Humanity Aim? Submitted April 7, 2008.
• The IPCC 4th Assessment Report - www.ipcc.ch
• Baer, Paul, Tom Athanasiou and Sivan Kartha. "The Right to Develop in a Climate Constrained World: The Greenhouse Development Rights Framework"
• The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
• NASA - www.nasa.gov
• RealClimate.org
• Climate Safety - www.climatesafety.org
• New Scientist - www.newscientist.com
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