No longer can wealthy countries disregard the life of others At less than one degree of warming, many parts of the world are already seeing 1 in 1000 heat extremes. Surpassing human thermal tolerance, the European and Russian heat waves killed 125,000 people. To think 2 degrees of warming is safe is tantamount to signing the death warrant of millions. Global warming is already cooking people, plants and stock, and dangerously heating the oceans. Humanity cannot survive heat extremes. Heat affected food systems reduces yield, and increases the proportion of the global hungry, making them even more prone to disease. History teaches us that mass hunger causes social disruption, migration, and conflict. We have the technology, we only need to the will to avert catastrophe. Climate change directly and indirectly harms human health. Hundreds of thousands have already succumbed. No longer can wealthy countries disregard the life of others as they selfishly cling to fossil fuelled lifestyles. We have the technology, and we know it makes economic sense to avert further global warming. Australian National University, National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health Director, Dr. Liz Hanna Poor nations go for solar, wind at twice the rate of rich ones Emerging markets are installing renewable energy projects at almost twice the rate of developed nations, a report concluded. smh.au/environment/climate-change/poor-nations-go-for-solar-wind-at-twice-the-rate-of-rich-ones-20141029-11ddhq.html
Posted on: Mon, 08 Dec 2014 06:21:13 +0000
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