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Wave of local events around the world calls for action on climate changeOrganised by the TckTckTck campaign, and taking place at more than 2,400 separate venues from Beijing to Buenos Aires, the events called for world leaders to take tough action on emissions at the global climate talks taking place in Copenhagen in December this year.
Speaking from the global climate wake up call event in Cambridge, Fauna & Flora International communications manager, Jilly McNaughton (in picture), said: “There must be no delay in emissions cuts if we want to stand a chance of avoiding dangerous climate change. The talks at Copenhagen will be all important - there will be no second chances to get this right.
“The message we bring today is that forest protection must be a part of the solution to climate change. With 18-25 per cent of human-induced greenhouse gas emissions coming from habitat destruction, Fauna & Flora International has long believed that forest protection has a vital role to play.”
The climate is changing. Most climate models show that a doubling of pre-industrial levels of greenhouse gases is likely to commit the Earth to a rise of between 2 and 5°C in global mean temperatures. The consensus within the scientific community is that human activities have altered the world’s climate systems and that change is now inevitable.
This poses an unprecedented threat to biodiversity: even a 1.5°C temperature increase above pre-industrial levels could result in extinction of nearly one in three of the world's endangered species.
Furthermore, there is increasing evidence that the continued existence of high biodiversity areas will help communities directly dependent on the natural world to adapt to our changing environment. The conservation of biodiversity therefore continues to be of vital importance.
Between 18 and 25 per cent of the world’s annual greenhouse gas emissions come from the destruction of natural habitats, particularly tropical forests. Other natural habitats such as grasslands and peat swamps are also significant carbon stores. The destruction of peatlands alone could be responsible for 9-15 per cent of global carbon emissions.
Conservation of such habitats is crucial if we are to prevent temperature increases from exceeding 2°C (a figure emerging as the maximum acceptable change in global temperature before losses become catastrophic).
Speaking from the global climate wake up call event in Cambridge, Fauna & Flora International communications manager, Jilly McNaughton (in picture), said: “There must be no delay in emissions cuts if we want to stand a chance of avoiding dangerous climate change. The talks at Copenhagen will be all important - there will be no second chances to get this right.
“The message we bring today is that forest protection must be a part of the solution to climate change. With 18-25 per cent of human-induced greenhouse gas emissions coming from habitat destruction, Fauna & Flora International has long believed that forest protection has a vital role to play.”
The climate is changing. Most climate models show that a doubling of pre-industrial levels of greenhouse gases is likely to commit the Earth to a rise of between 2 and 5°C in global mean temperatures. The consensus within the scientific community is that human activities have altered the world’s climate systems and that change is now inevitable.
This poses an unprecedented threat to biodiversity: even a 1.5°C temperature increase above pre-industrial levels could result in extinction of nearly one in three of the world's endangered species.
Furthermore, there is increasing evidence that the continued existence of high biodiversity areas will help communities directly dependent on the natural world to adapt to our changing environment. The conservation of biodiversity therefore continues to be of vital importance.
Between 18 and 25 per cent of the world’s annual greenhouse gas emissions come from the destruction of natural habitats, particularly tropical forests. Other natural habitats such as grasslands and peat swamps are also significant carbon stores. The destruction of peatlands alone could be responsible for 9-15 per cent of global carbon emissions.
Conservation of such habitats is crucial if we are to prevent temperature increases from exceeding 2°C (a figure emerging as the maximum acceptable change in global temperature before losses become catastrophic).
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