The end of the World as we know it?
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2012 indicates many things from the end of the World, to the Winter Solstice Sun, to the expiration date for the Kyoto Protocol to prevent climate change.
Ever since the conference in Kyoto in December of 1997 so far signed and ratified by 187 states, global carbon dioxide emissions have increased to a record 31.5 billion metric tons. That’s 40% above levels in 1990, which was the basis year for the treaty. It is out of the question that the treaty must be updated.
During two weeks: December 7th through the 18th of the present year, the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP15) will be held in Copenhagen, Denmark with the goals of reaching global agreement on limiting future carbon emission, minimizing the effects on the climate change and stimulating the transition to a sustainable green economy.
This may be the final chance for the World’s leaders to meet before the climate protocol needs to be renewed, especially since economically developed regions such as North America and Western Europe are responsible for most carbon emissions while developing countries demand that these nations invest disproportionately on solutions to the crisis and on assisting the smaller nations that are already suffering the consequences of it.
In order to reach this agreement and to aboard a reasonable solution, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), established in 1988 by the special UN organizations for environment and meteorology, will explore and evaluate the extent of climate changes and their effects, as well as the potential to adapt to or counteract anticipated climate alterations.
Many people will ask why a climatic crisis should be a priority when there is over a 9.5% unemployment rate all over the world. What they still don’t know is that reducing carbon emissions offers not only to stabilize the climate, but also to stabilize energy costs and fuel employment around the globe. Why? Because investment in alternative energy and environmental conservation techniques forecasts the generation of over 20 million new jobs in many different areas from wind farming to bio-fuels to weatherproofing.
192 different countries representatives and more than 10,000 industry groups and nongovernmental organizations from these, will be attending COP15. This is only the people inside the conference. Outside of the Bella Center walls, millions of human voices will make our voices heard, encouraging world leaders to find a solution for this crisis, to make the right choices, to give hope.
A green country, gives me hope.
Please join, http://www.hopenhagen.org/
You may also visit http://www.en.cop15.dk/ for more information.
Etiquetas: ecology climate crisis
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