WE THINK THE DATA CONFIRMS – YES IT IS
Our followers and supporters may find it hard to believe that even in this day and age we run into naysayers. Those who don’t think climate change is real or a big deal.
We like to be able to provide data from reliable and recognizable sources to help educate those who may still be in denial. We’d rather not argue, so instead we simply point to information from credible sources to educate those who may be doubtful.
AND we understand that people have questions and we strive to be a source to answer the most frequently asked ones – that we get – and that we suspect others advocating for change and for more care for our environment get.
This article from National Geographic – we think – answers why a 2-degree rise in the average global temperature is a big deal.
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC REPORTS:
December 1, 2023
What’s the big deal about Earth getting 2°C hotter?
The increase may sound inconsequential, but scientists say there are serious ramifications for life as we know it if the planet exceeds the climate target.
Thirty-five years after NASA scientist James Hansen testified before the United States Congress about the specter of climate change, Earth is on pace to experience 2.7°Celsius (4.9 degrees Fahrenheit) of warming by 2100. And while there is little consensus among nations about how and how fast to reduce the carbon emissions that are responsible for that warming, there is near universal consensus that this temperature increase would be disastrous.
For that reason, the 196 signatories to the Paris Agreement, signed in 2015, committed to keeping the mean rise in global temperatures below 2° C (3.6° F) above pre-industrial levels and preferably limit any increase to 1.5° C (2.7° F). Participants in the 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 28), taking place in Dubai November 30-December 12, will be expected to update their progress on meeting those goals.
Given that the globe is already about 1.2 °C (2.2° F) warmer than it was before the Industrial Revolution, that target may seem, depending on your level of optimism, either highly ambitious or perfectly within reach. But what exactly does this goal save us from, and how was it selected in the first place?
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Save Our Woodlands is an environmentally conscious group of volunteers dedicated to preserving threatened birds, animals and ecosystems in the woodlands of New South Wales, Australia.
Only 15% of our woodlands remain, the rest has been cleared for agriculture.
Save Our Woodlands Inc. secures and protects woodlands in NSW and pays landholders, in perpetuity, to conserve, enhance and re-establish native woodlands on THEIR land, and to manage these woodlands, so they are maintained.
BUT we need YOUR help. Together we can bring about change. Please consider donating.
People tend to think that woodlands are “just bush,” consequently, over 85% of the native woodlands in New South Wales, Australia have been replaced by agriculture.
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