Avert the Worst Impacts of Climate Change
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A failure to act on climate change will "Result in an intergenerational injustice, with our children and grandchildren scorning our generation for ignoring the climate change threat – with moral outrage." ~Anthony Costello, UCL Institute for Global Health |
The effects of climate change are profound and far-reaching. Learning the hard way that we can't separate the economy from the ecological systems that support it, climate change, perhaps the greatest challenge and threat humanity has ever faced, has been left largely unchecked by world leaders to continue unabated threatening the basis of civilization itself. Scientists have high confidence that global temperatures will continue to rise by up to 11.5°F by the end of the century if we fail to reduce emissions from burning fossil fuels, such as coal, oil and natural gas, with dry regions becoming drier and wet regions becoming wetter. This rise in average temperature will have far-reaching effects on the earth's climate patterns and on all living things. Many of these changes have already begun. With this rise comes potentially devastating impacts for human society, biodiversity and the stability and health of the natural world we depend on and cherish. The scientific consensus is unequivocal: human activities are causing climate change. Every national academy of science of every major country in the world agrees. Every professional scientific society in every field related to the field of climate endorses it. 97-98 percent of all scientists that are most active in publishing in the field of climate science agree with it. Setting tough limits on global emissions of greenhouse gases could prevent 20-65% of the damaging effects of climate change by 2100 (see also | view study) while advancing economic growth, creating jobs and improving America's energy security. According to the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis and common sense, limiting climate change to target levels will become much more difficult to achieve, and more expensive, if action is not taken soon. Unless we act now, our children will inherit a hotter world, dirtier air and water, more severe droughts, floods, wildfires, extreme weather, a massive loss of biodiversity, ecosystems in peril and a destabilized climate. Learn more.
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Why Act Now?
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Learn how to Engage and Win on Climate Change and Clean Energy
Solutions To The Climate Crisis
There is no 'quick fix' to the climate crisis. Everything is connected, but one thing is for sure: the solutions will come from the ground - up. From the grassroots movement pressuring leaders to take action, change and create new laws, and unite in a call for survival and democracy. Whether it's taking action within your household and community or joining with millions of other concerned citizens to pressure leaders, the best, most effective solutions to global warming begin with you! And maybe a few of your friends. Together, we all add up and make a real difference. Together, we can change the world. But, we must act.
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Union of Concerned Scientists - Top 10 Benefits of Climate Action
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"The benefits of reducing greenhouse gas emissions outweigh the costs by trillions of dollars. Combining the results of the report by the German Institute of Economic Research and Watkiss et al. 2005 studies, we find that the total cost of climate action (cost plus damages) in 2100 is approximately $12 trillion, while the cost of inaction (just damages) is approximately $20 trillion." ~Skeptical Science | Click to enlarge
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350 Climate Solutions Factsheet
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"A New Global Warming Strategy: How Environmentalists are Overlooking Vegetarianism as the Most Effective Tool Against Climate Change in Our Lifetimes"
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~An Earth Save International Report
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Explore and Support these Organizations Working to Protect the Health and Economic Well-Being of Current and Future Generations and Avert a Collapse of Biodiversity and Climatic Stability from the Consequences of Heat-Trapping Emissions
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Sierra Club: A Time for Action
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Union of Concerned Scientists: Common Sense on Climate Change: Practical Solutions to Global Warming
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Learn How To Relate Climate Extremes to Climate Change | Learn How To Better Communicate The Climate Crisis
Calculate and Offset Your Carbon Footprint
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Sierra Club: The Biggest Single Step to Curb Global Warming and Save Oil
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