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)
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 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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planetary geoengineered
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AGU conference 12th December 2016
Presentation and press release Dr. Peter Carter
Presentation and press release Dr. Peter Carter
NOAA ESRL Data source
Dr Andrew Glikson's June 2016 paper Cenozoic mean greenhouse gases and temperature changes with reference to the Anthropocene.
'The ice core evidence of concentration of (GHG) and temperatures in the atmosphere/ocean/cryosphere system over the last 740 kyr suggests that the rate of rise in GHG over the last ~260 years, CO2 rates rising from 0.94 ppm yr−1 in 1959 (315.97 ppm) to 1.62 ppm yr−1 in 2000 (369.52 ppm) to 3.05 ppm yr−1 in 2015 (400.83 ppm), constitutes a unique spike in the history of the atmosphere'.
'The ice core evidence of concentration of (GHG) and temperatures in the atmosphere/ocean/cryosphere system over the last 740 kyr suggests that the rate of rise in GHG over the last ~260 years, CO2 rates rising from 0.94 ppm yr−1 in 1959 (315.97 ppm) to 1.62 ppm yr−1 in 2000 (369.52 ppm) to 3.05 ppm yr−1 in 2015 (400.83 ppm), constitutes a unique spike in the history of the atmosphere'.
Atmospheric CO2 is skyrocketing
Press release 12/12/2016
Atmospheric CO2 is skyrocketing at the fastest rate of increase ever in Earth history. The world is in the most dire climate and ocean emergency. Continued huge fossil fuel emissions have the planet on a fast track to total catastrophe -- heading into runaway carbon-dynamic global climate change and ocean acidification.
Dr. Peter Carter, of the Climate Emergency Institute (www.climateemergencyinstitute.org), warned in his AGU 2016 presentation that the rate of today's atmospheric CO2 concentration suddenly jumped up in 2015 to just over 3 parts per million (ppm) per year. Australian paleo-climate (distant past) expert, Dr. Andrew Glikson, has determined that this rate is unprecedented in Earth history.
From data just released by the NOAA (National Atmospheric and Oceanic Administration), Dr. Carter says that this year, CO2 has jumped up again to a stunning 3.37 ppm (Nov 2015 to Nov 2016). While last year's big increase may be partly explained by the El Nino influence, that does not apply to this year.
This comes on top of today's atmospheric CO2 concentration being the highest in 15 to 20 million years. World leaders who reject or ignore this planetary emergency situation have a death wish for the human population and most life on the planet.
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Press release 12/12/2016
Atmospheric CO2 is skyrocketing at the fastest rate of increase ever in Earth history. The world is in the most dire climate and ocean emergency. Continued huge fossil fuel emissions have the planet on a fast track to total catastrophe -- heading into runaway carbon-dynamic global climate change and ocean acidification.
Dr. Peter Carter, of the Climate Emergency Institute (www.climateemergencyinstitute.org), warned in his AGU 2016 presentation that the rate of today's atmospheric CO2 concentration suddenly jumped up in 2015 to just over 3 parts per million (ppm) per year. Australian paleo-climate (distant past) expert, Dr. Andrew Glikson, has determined that this rate is unprecedented in Earth history.
From data just released by the NOAA (National Atmospheric and Oceanic Administration), Dr. Carter says that this year, CO2 has jumped up again to a stunning 3.37 ppm (Nov 2015 to Nov 2016). While last year's big increase may be partly explained by the El Nino influence, that does not apply to this year.
This comes on top of today's atmospheric CO2 concentration being the highest in 15 to 20 million years. World leaders who reject or ignore this planetary emergency situation have a death wish for the human population and most life on the planet.
End