Copenhagen pledges will not stop planetary demise. US
researchers report that the commitments made by governments so far to
reduce greenhouse gases are not enough to avert runaway climate change.
A
collaborative analysis conducted by a group of scientists from several
leading institutions showed that the reductions pledged in Copenhagen
would still lead to temperature increases of approximately 3.9 degrees
Celsius.
Expert climatologists have already stated that an
increase of more than 3 degrees Celsius will bring the collapse of the
Amazon rainforest, along with devastating water shortages in the
Southern hemisphere, a disastrous loss of species and decreases in food
production.
Earlier in the week, European researchers also
confirmed that the Copenhagen commitments would lead to a global
temperature rise of more than 3 degrees Celsius.
US and European
researchers, our sincere appreciation for your work that clearly shows
we must do more if we are to save our planet.
May we swiftly
choose the most effective ways to live in harmony with the environment.
In a speech addressing government magistrates and judges of Mexico City,
Mexico, Supreme Master Ching Hai once more urged the world’s
governments to go beyond protocol with actions to halt global warming.
Supreme Master Ching Hai:
At this most urgent time for the planet, I beseech your honorable
graces to please help your country and our world spare lives from the
impending global warming calamity.
If you don’t, there will be
too massive a catastrophe, too immense a suffering upon people,
families, the children, that our conscience might never be able to bear
it.
We eliminate most of the human-made greenhouse gases by simply adopting the animal-free vegan organic lifestyle.
This
also leads to considerable financial savings for world governments. We
cannot wait for the sustainable energy and green technology to be
available and used by everyone. It would be too late.
We must become vegan to save our planet.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/feb/12/copenhagen-carbon-emission-pledges