The Arctic
Rapid summer snow & sea ice meltdown
- global warming amplifying
feedbacks triggered
Rapid summer snow & sea ice meltdown
- global warming amplifying
feedbacks triggered
State of the climate
All recorded causes & effects
of GHG pollution
are acclerating.
Atmospheric
greenhouse gases
at record high
& unprecedented
rate of increase.
All recorded causes & effects
of GHG pollution
are acclerating.
Atmospheric
greenhouse gases
at record high
& unprecedented
rate of increase.
Food security
All regions now vulnerable
with declining yields
projected sooner
Already climate change
is affecting yields
- mostly negative
All regions now vulnerable
with declining yields
projected sooner
Already climate change
is affecting yields
- mostly negative
The oceans
Record rate of
warming + acidification
also deoxygenation
Phytoplankton algae in decline
Record rate of
warming + acidification
also deoxygenation
Phytoplankton algae in decline
Committed Global Climate Change Planetary Emergency
The Health and Human Rights Approach to Greenhouse Gas Pollution
CLIMATE SYSTEM EMERGENCY INSTITUTE
Climate change is set to inflict “severe, widespread, and irreversible impacts”
on people and the natural world unless carbon emissions are cut
sharply and rapidly.
IPCC at Lima, pre-COP20 (2014)
on people and the natural world unless carbon emissions are cut
sharply and rapidly.
IPCC at Lima, pre-COP20 (2014)
Japan Met
Temp. change
2016 record summer
2016 record spring
2015 record warming
2014 record warming
Temp. change
2016 record summer
2016 record spring
2015 record warming
2014 record warming
IPCC 2014 AR5 best-case RCP2.6 scenario
CAN International 2014
Emissions target of zero carbon
End fossil fuel energy era by 2050, resulting in a world economy run 100% by clean renewable energy
Limit global warming to under 1.5ºC limit
by 2100
Phase out fossil fuel subsidies
Emissions target of zero carbon
End fossil fuel energy era by 2050, resulting in a world economy run 100% by clean renewable energy
Limit global warming to under 1.5ºC limit
by 2100
Phase out fossil fuel subsidies
G7 June 2015 emissions proposal
Antarctic
Record melting
Record melting
Site maintained by Peter Carter
5 Jan 2015 Current pace of environmental climate change is unprecedented in Earth's history
US President Obama ' no challenge poses a greater threat to our children, our planet, and future generations than climate change'.
Climate change mitigation and adaptation failure is the top global risk
World Economic Forum’s Global Risks (to business) Report 14 January 2016
World Economic Forum’s Global Risks (to business) Report 14 January 2016
25 Jan 2016 Mankind is likely on a path toward possible extinction, Elizabeth Kolbert
September 2015 The Emergency Climate Movement
The Climate Mobilization
CLIMATE HOME: Track
up-to-date UN pledges
Climate Action Tracker:
Pledges will lead to
3.2-3.8ºC by 2100,
which is 4-5ºC by 2200
June 2014 Climate Action Network International:
CAN emergency response position paper
Campaign Against Climate Change (CACC) UK: Climate Emergency
Pamphlet
The Climate Mobilization
CLIMATE HOME: Track
up-to-date UN pledges
Climate Action Tracker:
Pledges will lead to
3.2-3.8ºC by 2100,
which is 4-5ºC by 2200
June 2014 Climate Action Network International:
CAN emergency response position paper
Campaign Against Climate Change (CACC) UK: Climate Emergency
Pamphlet
4 Mar 2016 'We Have a Global Emergency” Parts of the World... Uninhabitable by 2100
VIDEO 2015 What people
get wrong
about climate change
get wrong
about climate change
21 Mar 2016 WMO' Alarming' 'unprecedented' State of the Climate in 2015
Dr Perkins-Kirkpatrick said the WMO statistics revealed an emergency.
15 Mar 2016Climate emergency warning on ‘shock’ global temperatures (expert):
10 March 2016Atmospheric CO2 climate emergency: record high & dramatic highest annual increase from NOAA
15 April 2016 Fossil fuels could be phased out worldwide in a decade
20 April 2016 Legal Petition Pushes President Obama to Declare Climate Emergency
27 April 2016 OCEANS It May Soon Be Too Late to Save the Seas
June 2016 Shattered records show climate change is an emergency, scientists warn.
June 2016 Guardian: Shattered records show climate change is an emergency today, scientists warn
March 2016 Nature: Risk of multiple tipping points should be triggering urgent action on climate change
December 2015 Phys.org: Ocean phytoplankton PLANETARY CATASTROPHE — Warming could stop oxygen generation
IPCC 2014 5th Assessment Report (AR5): "No one will be untouched by climate change"
June 2015: The G7 proposed the IPCC's (AR5) most stringent mitigation scenario
How to stop climate change & ocean acidification in one simple step:
Stop fossil fuel subsidies — $5.3 trillion globally, $2.3 trillion in US and China
March 2016 Nature: Risk of multiple tipping points should be triggering urgent action on climate change
December 2015 Phys.org: Ocean phytoplankton PLANETARY CATASTROPHE — Warming could stop oxygen generation
IPCC 2014 5th Assessment Report (AR5): "No one will be untouched by climate change"
June 2015: The G7 proposed the IPCC's (AR5) most stringent mitigation scenario
How to stop climate change & ocean acidification in one simple step:
Stop fossil fuel subsidies — $5.3 trillion globally, $2.3 trillion in US and China
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NASA July News Release The 1st half of 2016 is a big record 1.3ºC global temperature increase
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to enlarge
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(We do not support
planetary geoengineered
cooling)
planetary geoengineered
cooling)
Oxford 1.5ºC Conference presentation page with poster
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International Greenhouse Gas Chemistry Conference
27 September 2016 - Breckenridge, Colorado
Poster presentation by Dr. Peter Carter, Director of the Climate Emergency Institute
The Policy Relevance of Atmospheric Greenhouse Gases
27 September 2016 - Breckenridge, Colorado
Poster presentation by Dr. Peter Carter, Director of the Climate Emergency Institute
The Policy Relevance of Atmospheric Greenhouse Gases
There is no proven method of CO2 removal at any scale - though this is now unavoidable. The working prototype of the best and safest method is mechanical air removal with chemical conversion to solid carbonate. Rapid REPLACEMENT of all world fossil fuel energy by clean, zero-carbon energy must and can start immediately.
IEA COP22: Energy, Climate Change &
Environment: 2016 Insights
Environment: 2016 Insights
WMO COP22 Nov 2016 Climate Statement
The world and national economies
plan to increase fossil fuel CO2 emissions
30% by 2030 (INDCs IEA Nov 2016).
The global surface temperature and atmospheric CO2 are at record highs increasing at record rates (WMO Nov 2016)
The same applies to ocean heating and acidifcation
The same applies to ocean heating and acidifcation
AGU conference 12th December 2016
Presentation and press release Dr. Peter Carter
Presentation and press release Dr. Peter Carter
December 2016: Our world is now BEYOND EMERGENCY, being driven inexorably to runway heating, climate chaos and ocean acidification collapse.
Direct global measured effects of continued constant atmospheric GHG pollution are accelerating. Atmospheric CO2 is over 405 ppm (CO2 equivalent 490 ppm), and still accelerating. A CO2 spike of over 3 ppm/year (2015, 2017 todate) is unprecedented in Earth history (A. Glikson 2016).
Our future survival is looking like mission impossible.
The only sane response is an immediate and massive emergency international Manhattan type scientific R&D venture.
Direct global measured effects of continued constant atmospheric GHG pollution are accelerating. Atmospheric CO2 is over 405 ppm (CO2 equivalent 490 ppm), and still accelerating. A CO2 spike of over 3 ppm/year (2015, 2017 todate) is unprecedented in Earth history (A. Glikson 2016).
Our future survival is looking like mission impossible.
The only sane response is an immediate and massive emergency international Manhattan type scientific R&D venture.
Nature Climate Change March 21st 2016 Risk of multiple tipping points ... urgent global action on climate change ... immediate massive effort ... US$116/tCO2 ... carbon emissions stopped by 2050... goal < 1.5ºC
US temperatures are 10-15 years ahead of global average Article January 11, 2017
