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Stop Line 9
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Deep Water
Climate Change:
a summary of the science
Introduction
1. Changes in climate have significant implications for present lives, for future generations
and for ecosystems on which humanity depends. Consequently, climate change has
been and continues to be the subject of intensive scientific research and public debate.
2. There is strong evidence that the warming of the Earth over the last half-century has
been caused largely by human activity, such as the burning of fossil fuels and changes
in land use, including agriculture and deforestation. The size of future temperature
increases and other aspects of climate change, especially at the regional scale, are still
subject to uncertainty. Nevertheless, the risks associated with some of these changes
are substantial. It is important that decision makers have access to climate science of
the highest quality, and can take account of its findings in formulating appropriate
responses.
3. In view of the ongoing public and political debates about climate change, the aim of this
document is to summarise the current scientific evidence on climate change and its
drivers. It lays out clearly where the science is well established, where there is wide
consensus but continuing debate, and where there remains substantial uncertainty. The
impacts of climate change, as distinct from the causes, are not considered here. This
document draws upon recent evidence and builds on the Fourth Assessment Report of
Working Group I of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), published in
2007, which is the most comprehensive source of climate science and its uncertainties.
Click here to read more:
Climate Change: a summary of the science
The Royal Society, September 2010 (850KB pdf)
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Andrew Nikiforuk
with an afterword by Elizabeth May, Leader of The Green Party of Canada
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Money, Gift & Community in an Age of Transition
THE CLIMATE CHARTER
Hamilton introduces the first community Climate Change Charter in Ontario. Clean Air Hamilton, Green Venture, Environment Hamilton and other community groups have teamed up to introduce and endorse Hamilton’s Climate Change Action Charter in the community.
“There are an increasing number of cities and regions from around the world that are developing their own actions to deal with climate change” states Brian McCarry, Chair of Clean Air Hamilton. “Climate change is increasingly being tackled at a local level. We are pleased to partner with organizations and individuals in the community of Hamilton to support and introduce this Charter”.
The Charter has won support from a number of business, academic and environmental groups in Hamilton. The Community Climate Change Action Charter is a voluntary statement that acknowledges the reality of climate change and asks commitment to measure and set targets for the reduction of emissions at the personal, organizational and community level. The Charter is available online at: http://climatechangehamilton.ca/.
Hamilton Climate Change Action Charter
Carbon Cycle
What to do about Gas Prices
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Food Security and Climate Change
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This is an invitation to help build a movement.
We are a group of people from Hamilton, Ontario – young and old, scientists and writers and activists – who have one thing in common. We know the most important number on earth: 350.
350 parts per million is the safe upper limit of carbon dioxide concentration in the atmosphere if we want to forestall catastrophic climate change.
As part of the global 350.org movement, we are using that number to focus attention and force action on the worst crisis humans have ever faced.
In October of 2009, we coordinated a day of workshops that culminated in a march to the Federal Building on Bay St. N. It was one of 5200 simultaneous rallies and demonstrations in 181 countries, part of a global effort that CNN called “the most widespread day of political action in the planet’s history.”
In December 2009 we held a candlelight walk along James St. N. as part of a global call for candlelight vigils to encourage world leaders to make the right choices at the Copenhagen climate conference.
For Thanksgiving 2010 we put together our “Climate Carrot” and “Garlic Bus” campaigns, to make a clear connection between imported food, short-sighted local planning decisions, and climate change. Again, it’s part of a larger message being sent by communities across the world to our leaders: “If we can get to work on solutions to the climate crisis, so can you.” View this video of the Garlic Bus event. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAmryFnUG-g
On December 4th 2010 we marched for the victims of climate chaos in 2010 – the Pakistan floods and the Russian forest fires among them. Carrying mock coffins and handing out flyers we reminded people of the carbon load created by their Christmas consumption and encouraged them to donate to one of the aid organizations helping victims of climate change instead.
We’re uniting local efforts to a global cause…and we need you! Find out what’s happening, get involved and help spread the word!