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Action Card Briefing February 2005
Oxford University’s recent
scientific study into global warming has shown potentially serious
results for our world in the next decades. The study predicts a rise in average global temperature of 11C, this is double the rise predicted by
the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the international body
set up to investigate global warming. Such high temperatures would melt
most of the polar icecaps and mountain glaciers, raising sea levels by
more than 20ft, flooding settlements on the British coast and turning
the interior into an unrecognisable tropical landscape.
The Scientist in charge of
the latest study, said processing the results showed the Earth's climate
is far more sensitive to increases in man-made greenhouse gases than
previously realised, even present levels of greenhouse gases maintained
for long periods may lead to dangerous climate change but increases
would lead to a serious situation indeed.
Attempts to control global
warming, based on the Kyoto treaty, concentrated on stabilising the
emissions of greenhouse gases at 1990 levels, might not be enough and we
need to accept that while greenhouse gas levels can increase we need to
limit them, and look at ways to level them off, and then bring them back
down again.
The Prime Minister, Tony
Blair has put the UK Government firmly in the forefront of efforts to
tackle global warming and calls on the US Government to play their part
also. The USA, the world’s worst polluter has so far refused to sign the
Kyoto agreement because of the impact it would have on jobs and the
economy. Yet scientists assure us if emissions are reduced, greenhouse
gas levels would start to fall rapidly.
For the sake of the future
of our world, the environment and our childrens’ children this issue is
one which we all should take seriously, whether it is to decide to walk
to work or write to our MP, we can all play our part.
Please send the postcard to
President Bush, urging him to take seriously the issue of climate change
and to ensure his country plays its part in the global effort to reduce
emissions.
President George W. Bush
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Postage for PC: 43 pence
Washington, DC 20500 + airmail sticker
USA.
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