As we approach the date for the national teach-in Focus the Nation: Global Warming Solutions for America, we’ll be highlighting stories about climate change. We’ve planned a week of Focus the Nation activities for the ANE community and hope to see y’all there.
The BBC reported disturbing news about the Arctic ice cap last December. According to modelling studies, the Arctic is likely to be free of ice during the summers as soon as 2013.
And this from the folks at Focus the Nation:
According to the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, to hold global warming to the low end (3-4 degrees F), global emissions of CO2 will have to peak in 2025—less than 20 years from now. Granting a 10-year lag for developing countries, this means that developed country emissions, including the US, must peak and begin to decline by 2015.
It’s urgent that we take action now at both the personal and political levels. There are many opportunities to learn how during the week of Focus the Nation activities beginning January 28.
