A comprehensive new study by the Global
Carbon Project (GCP) indicates
that between 2000 and 2008, atmospheric
carbon emissions rose by an
alarming 29%.
If continued, humanity will face a temperature increase of 6 degrees
Celsius by as early as this century. The findings of this study were
corroborated by a report from the United Kingdom’s Met Office, funded
by the European Commission, which also forecasts steep temperature
increases for Europe that would impact food production, industry and
direct human survival.
Forecasts include sweltering summer heat waves that could kill
thousands as they did in 2003, along with staple crops that would
succumb to pests or simply not grow. Floods and extreme storms would
continue to increase, with physical and mental health costs along with
their financial burden.
Furthermore, in the Arctic region, temperatures could rise by up to 10
degrees Celsius, causing massive permafrost melt and release of
greenhouse gases that would easily trigger unstoppable global warming.
Leading scientists of both studies emphasized that this devastating
potential is another signal of the need for strong commitments from
world leaders at the coming Copenhagen climate conference.
Our heartfelt appreciation, Global
Carbon Project, Met Office, and
European Commission for these real and important forecasts that could
seriously affect us all. May government leaders and co-citizens hasten
to halt the worst scenarios by making the most effective lifestyle
choices today. In a September 2009 videoconference with environmental
and health experts in South Korea, Supreme Master Ching Hai reiterated
her reassurance that disastrous climate changes are avoidable and,
through right actions, even reparable.
Supreme Master Ching Hai:
I would say that the most serious one is the frightening prospect of
runaway global warming, the frightening aspect that nations will not do
enough to stop it. This irreversible effect, we want to avoid at all
costs, especially since it may not be as far away as we would like to
think.
But I would say the most hopeful is that more and more
people are becoming aware of the real solution, which is to be veg. The
more people who eliminate meat and, indeed, all animal products from
their lives, the more we have a chance to save the planet and not only
that, to actually restore our Earthly home to her
original grace
and beauty and even more so, more beautiful, more abundant, more peace,
more gladness than what we have known up to now.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8364926.stm
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/environment/climatechange/6585444/Global-warming-will-bring-killer-
heat-floods-and-storms-to-Britain.html
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