The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, written by hundreds of scientists and reviewed by outside experts and government officials from more than 100 countries has come to the conclusion that our environment is already changing due to emissions, but will change more rapidly if we don't cut back on carbon emissions.
The findings state that if we continue to create greenhouses gasses at the current rate :
►A fourth of the world’s species extinction to eventual inundation of water into coastal areas.
►The greatest climate change to occur in the Arctic, coral reefs, and dry areas around the tropics
Recognizing the problem of potential global climate change, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) established the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in 1988. It is open to all members of the UN and WMO.
Levels of atmospheric CO2 are higher than at any time in the last 430,000 years www.metoffice.gov.uk
The Great Barrier Reef - one of the natural wonders of the world - could be gone in 20 years unless global warming was slowed, scientists warned last night.... www.theaustralian.news.com.au
Southwest could become Dust Bowl, study warns Rising temperatures will fuel longer and more intense droughts across Arizona and the Southwest, according to a new climate-change report that warns of conditions not seen since the 1930s Dust Bowl. azcentral.com
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