NGOs after the publication of the report: you need to move away from fossil fuels – Onet.pl

Responsible for energy and climate issues in the WWF Samantha Smith said that “our dependence on fossil fuels is the main source of pollution” leading to global warming.

Greenpeace International has warned that countries “should already phased out coal and oil, either, and so they will do it later, but at the expense of more. “

– Renewable energy sources and their effective use are the fastest and most relevant methods of reducing greenhouse gas emissions – said Martin Kaiser of Greenpeace International.

The head of the French branch of Friends of the Earth ( Friends of the Earth), Florent compain also drew attention to the need to halt deforestation and the need for rethinking agricultural systems.

Posted on Sunday in Copenhagen IPCC report is a compilation of the findings of the three previous documents of the past 13 months. The authors emphasize that it is now almost certain that human activity affects the Earth’s climate system. The report warned that failure to meet the objectives of greenhouse gas emissions could have effects in the form of “irreversible” changes for people and the environment.

As it points out, currently only a handful of scholars disputes these findings. According to the website of NASA researchers, 97 percent of which is consistent to that observed trend of increase in temperature in the past century is a very high probability associated with the activities of the people.

The belief is not shared to the extent the American public. The survey by the Pew Research last year shows that 67 per cent. Americans, the fact of global warming, and 44 percent. argues that this is mainly due to the man. Newer research for the “New York Times” indicates that 42 per cent. Republican supporters believe that global warming will have serious consequences; in such a position is 12 percent. Democrats and 22 percent. independent.

In 2009, the international community agreed on the objective of maintaining an average temperature rise below two degrees Celsius compared from pre-industrial times. Scientists estimate that since the nineteenth century, it increased by about 0.8 degrees Celsius.

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