The Stirring Giants

Often have I mentioned that Natural changes do not happen in linear order as we humans tend to think, but more with tipping points. From the Climate Change perspective, we are aware of nine tipping points as shown in the figure above. Crossing these tipping points, Scientists warn will lead to irreversible and catastrophic climate change. 

Last week at one of our CLC meetings, Owen Gaffney from the Stockholm Resilience Centre said, “Just a decade ago, Earth’s sleeping giants appeared largely still slumbering. Now, they are stirring. We are measuring very large changes which should concern everyone.”
 “The proximity of tipping points provides an extremely strong case that the world faces a planetary emergency.”

More than half of these Sleeping Giants are stirring and this all despite more than Thirty years of Political debates and Summits. Not only is the severity and frequency of severe events going up, but even worse, it is estimated that the global CO2 emission will rise again this year and exceed previous levels.

We still can save our beautiful and unique Planet and ourselves. A recent survey carried out on G20 countries by IPSOS Mori and Global Commons Alliance shows that 95% of people in Indonesia and 70% in Germany show a willingness to do more to protect nature and climate.  Let’s all talk to our friends and neighbours to listen to scientists and not only to economists and convince our leaders to act. Remind them that without Life there is no use for Money.