Environment Issues effect us all
Global warming is a real issue in the world today. And if we are going to be honest most of us need re educating. And that's why we are including the topic here, How to reduce our carbon footprint.
Can we make a difference if we change the way we think and live? Solar Panels on properties Domestic & Commercial: Wind Turbines: Underground Heating:
Our Rubbish: Using Less Electricity:
The World's Resources are running out, and the population is increasing at an advanced rate!!
Can we make a difference if we change the way we think and live? Solar Panels on properties Domestic & Commercial: Wind Turbines: Underground Heating:
Our Rubbish: Using Less Electricity:
The World's Resources are running out, and the population is increasing at an advanced rate!!
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Climate Change and how it effects us all
Rain Forests
Climate change is one of the greatest environmental issues of our time.
We need to act quickly and take advantage of existing solutions to prevent irreversible damage to our planet. Natural ecosystems provide significant opportunities to cut emissions dramatically and to preserve the adaptive potential of our biosphere. Our goal,
curbing emissions and adapting to change.
CI has designated freshwater security as one of our six main initiatives.
Each of our initiatives illustrates the deep links between humanity and nature and demonstrates the importance of an integrated approach to natural resource management.
Many factors are contributing to climate change, from fossil fuel use to the burning and clearing of tropical forests. We need a comprehensive approach to reduce the impacts of climate change – an approach that decreases emissions across all sectors and enhances the adaptive capacity of all nations.
Reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and stabilizing atmospheric concentrations at 350-450 parts per million CO2 equivalent (ppm CO2e) is essential. The current GHG level is approximately 390 ppm CO2e.
Scientists have estimated that lowering concentrations to 350 ppm may enable us to avert tipping points of ocean acidification and the melting of permafrost and arctic ice. Stabilization at 450 ppm is thought to be the threshold to avoid dangerous warming of more than 2 degrees Celsius, which would bring potentially catastrophic impacts for natural and human communities alike.
We are already seeing changing weather patterns impacting food production and species migration. Fresh water scarcity risks becoming even more acute in drought-stricken countries and flooding may increasingly threaten our coastal communities and directly impact hundreds of thousands of people each year. Conflict is increasing over strained ecosystems and local communities are being forced from their homes.
Solutions are needed now. Our ecosystems must be able to adapt to these changes so that they can retain productivity, continue to buffer extreme weather events and provide fresh water and a myriad of other services for all life on Earth. In addition, human communities need the knowledge and tools to effectively adapt to the impacts of climate change. Our solution: Protection and sustainable management of natural ecosystems.
Protecting the Earth's ecosystems can yield immediate, cost-effective climate change solutions that will be forever lost if we do not take immediate action.
For example, the burning and clearing of tropical forests is a major – though often unrecognized – source of greenhouse gas emissions. It accounts for roughly 16 percent of total global emissions, more than all of the world's cars, trucks, ships, trains and planes combined. It is now generally recognized that it will be impossible to achieve any of the needed targets for mitigating climate change without significantly curbing the clearing and burning of tropical forests. In fact, reducing global deforestation by 50 percent by 2020 offers nearly one-third of the cost-effective, technologically available options to meet 450 ppm stabilization targets.
In addition, intact forests and other natural ecosystems – including wetlands, peatlands, coral reefs and mangroves – also reduce the risk of catastrophic impacts like floods and droughts, contribute to food and freshwater security for both rural and urban communities, allow for species migration and ecological adaptation, and support the livelihoods of indigenous and local communities. Maintaining these ecosystems will ensure that humans and other species can remain as resilient as possible to the impacts of climate change.
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Our strategy: Cross-sector collaboration on a global scale
- Leading an effort to identify opportunities for effective mitigation and adaptation strategies in the places most sensitive to the impacts of climate change
- Working with partners on the ground – including local community governments, indigenous groups and civil society – to design pilot mitigation and adaptation projects
- Serving as a trusted advisor to the governments and stakeholders most in need of innovative policies and market mechanisms
- Ensuring climate mitigation and adaptation strategies are handled economically, effectively, equitably and transparently
