CLIMATE CHANGE-TODAY'S GROWING CATASTROHE

CLIMATE CHANGE-TODAY'S
GROWING CATASTROHE

Climate change is not tomorrows future menace. It is todays growing catastrophe. In Copenhagen a meaningful deal must be secured. If we are to have any hope to avoiding catastrophe.
This human is already being felt in parts of the world. This year entire communities in Bangladesh are being forced to leave their homes due to rising sea levels, women in drought ridden parts of Ethiopia have to walk five miles to a day to collect water.
Climate change threatens us all. If we fail to bring it under control in the next decade we may move part the point of no return. This is a defining political test of our generation. Less than one degree of global warming since the industrial revolution has caused dangerous changes to our world.
The Month of October the government of the Maldives held a Cabinet meeting underwater to illustrate the stark reality facing the nation. The meeting caused a media sensation internationally. It was a lighthearted event with a deadly serious message, If climate change is not addressed. These beautiful islands will slowly slip into the Indian Ocean.
Britain stands shoulder to shoulder with the Maldives and all vulnerable countries. The U.K government are working to ensure the voices of the people who will be hit first and hardest by climate change. This means tough targets on their own emissions but also an agreement on funding to help developing countries pursue green growth and cope with the impacts of climate change.
This will mean helping to end the deforestation that sees 8 m trees lost every day. Governments working with the private sector to secure large investments in green industries and a commitment to renewable energy to make renewable cheaper than fossil fuel.

PROF; JOHN KURAKAR