I was drafting this article before the Paris terror attacks. Its always saddening to me when there is news like this. Whether it is terror by lonely narcissists or zealots inspired by religious madness or political megalomaniacs. Nevertheless it underscores just how dangerous taking our existence on this beautiful planet for granted. Human civilisation is precious and I hope that while not taking the Paris tragedy for granted the world forges ahead with serious strides toward combating climate change at the Paris Climate Summit (UNFCCC).
Environmentalism is now not only cool but a politically savvy philosophy. This year's climate change summit in Paris is going represent a major shift as national leaders jostle for a place to be the king of the podium as they state their unequivocal support for increased green technology. China and India are starting to change their chorus about their right to pollution that has been their drone for the past few decades. President Barack Obama has made climate change his no-holds-barred legacy stand. Hybrid if not electric car technology is set to become ubiquitous and the norm in the next 10 years. It seems we are heading the right direction to begin a serious effort to combat the cause of climate change. I am quite upbeat about all this change and I believe the 2020's is going to herald the era of sustainable development. It's not a moment too soon as the battering forces of El Nino 2016 exacerbates global climate.
Last month October 2016 saw millions of tons of carbon dioxide and other global warming gasses get released into the atmosphere as millions of acres of peat sink burn. Hurricane Koppu in the Philippines and Hurricane Patricia in the Pacific show just how much more devastating rain can become as the average sea temperature creep upward. As scientist mull the highly likely extinction of polar bears in the wild we have to come to terms that the beautiful and shy Sumatran Rhino is extinct because there simply isn't enough prestine rain forest inSouth East Asia to sustain even a small population. El Nino is also predicted to cause a mass tropical coral die-off. Coral cover has already reduced to 50% of its original cover pre world-industrialisation. Mass coral bleaching are sad events, so we have to brace ourself for the white death that will occur in the Pacific Ocean, most notably in Australia's Great Barrier Reef.
Lets hope the climate change summit this year does not get derailed by anti-terror rhetoric. We want to hear what global leaders are putting in place in their respective countries to stay average temperature rise from 2 degrees Celsius and not breach 400 ppm for carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. We are at the cusp of El Nino 2016 and extreme climate its causing should underscore the urgent need for serious macro measures to deal with the causes of climate change. It has to be as important if not more important the the fight against terror.
Environmentalism is now not only cool but a politically savvy philosophy. This year's climate change summit in Paris is going represent a major shift as national leaders jostle for a place to be the king of the podium as they state their unequivocal support for increased green technology. China and India are starting to change their chorus about their right to pollution that has been their drone for the past few decades. President Barack Obama has made climate change his no-holds-barred legacy stand. Hybrid if not electric car technology is set to become ubiquitous and the norm in the next 10 years. It seems we are heading the right direction to begin a serious effort to combat the cause of climate change. I am quite upbeat about all this change and I believe the 2020's is going to herald the era of sustainable development. It's not a moment too soon as the battering forces of El Nino 2016 exacerbates global climate.
Sumatran Rhino was officially declared extinct in Malaysia in 2015, less than 100 survive in Sumatra, a population that is unsustainable.
Last month October 2016 saw millions of tons of carbon dioxide and other global warming gasses get released into the atmosphere as millions of acres of peat sink burn. Hurricane Koppu in the Philippines and Hurricane Patricia in the Pacific show just how much more devastating rain can become as the average sea temperature creep upward. As scientist mull the highly likely extinction of polar bears in the wild we have to come to terms that the beautiful and shy Sumatran Rhino is extinct because there simply isn't enough prestine rain forest inSouth East Asia to sustain even a small population. El Nino is also predicted to cause a mass tropical coral die-off. Coral cover has already reduced to 50% of its original cover pre world-industrialisation. Mass coral bleaching are sad events, so we have to brace ourself for the white death that will occur in the Pacific Ocean, most notably in Australia's Great Barrier Reef.
Lets hope the climate change summit this year does not get derailed by anti-terror rhetoric. We want to hear what global leaders are putting in place in their respective countries to stay average temperature rise from 2 degrees Celsius and not breach 400 ppm for carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. We are at the cusp of El Nino 2016 and extreme climate its causing should underscore the urgent need for serious macro measures to deal with the causes of climate change. It has to be as important if not more important the the fight against terror.
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