HELP SAVE THE CLIMATE

Global warming is the greatest crisis facing the environment. The average surface temperature of Earth is predicted to increase by between 1.1 o C and 6.4 o C by 2100, depending on which climate change scenario occurs. If emissions were stabilised at year 2000 levels, the average temperature would still rise by around 0.6 o C by 2090-2099... Figure 1. Projected surface temperature changes for the early and late 21st century relative to the period 1980-1999. These are derived from Atmosphere-Ocean General Circulation multi-Model (AOGCM) average projections of the B1 (low warming) scenario averaged over decades 2020-2029 and 2090-2099 (IPCC 2007)... The recent warming has largely been caused by the burning of fossil fuels on a massive scale, to meet rising energy demands and also by land use changes. Electricity and transport demands are predicted to grow enormously during this century, requiring the consumption of ever increasing amounts of environmentally damaging fossil fuels. The..