UU-UNO Climate Change Task Force
We have a moral and ethical imperative to learn about climate change / global warming, and to act appropriately and decisively. This imperative derives from people living today and all those who will follow us. We must not have future generations say, of us: "They refused to learn" or "they knew but did not act."
What's the Problem?
What can we Do?
Global warming, the upward trend in climate change of average global temperatures over the last 30 years, exists and is due to humans.
Impacts are seen now, and will be increasingly severe and negative to lives, peace, and justice, worldwide. There is no safe haven, not even for the US.
It is not too late to mitigate global warming. The worst climate impacts can be avoided if we act now, responsibly and vigorously. It is also cheaper and more humane to act now rather than suffer the consequences. Some adaptation is also necessary. The framework is climate risk management.
On the positive side, we can move into a new era with non-fossil energies, stimulating economies and creating jobs with better technology, without the huge climate costs of fossil fuels.
Unfortunately, "contrarians/deniers/faux-skeptics" with vested interests are attacking climate science and spreading disinformation to stop mitigation of global warming. Climate scientists are fighting back.
The bottom line is that preservation (there will be no escape unless we act), social justice (the poor will get hit hardest), and intergenerational equity (the lives of your grandchildren) are at stake.
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The Climate Portal has the information you need. Click: Topics at left (What we can do ...); Featured items below; tabs above (Lists of articles ...). HERE is the site map.
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ACTION ALERTS
Read The 2011 Climate B.S.* of the Year Awards [*B.S. means “Bad Science.”]
See our coverage of the 2011 Durban Climate Conference HERE and HERE.
READ THE LETTER to President Obama from leaders of 300 organizations: "We need you to stand up to big polluters and their congressional allies and publicly state that you will veto any legislative moves to repeal, weaken or delay the Clean Air Act’s ability to curb greenhouse gas pollution."
The Unitarian Universalist United Nations Office (UU-UNO, now part of the UUA) promotes well-being, peace, and justice throughout the world. Crucial to this effort is combating the impacts of the man-made global warming trend of climate change. The UU-UNO's Climate Change Initiative is implemented by its Climate Change Task Force with advice from its Climate Advisory Group. Click HERE for more information.
The video (top) is by Dr. James Powell, Executive Director of the National Physical Science Consortium. Other great climate videos are HERE.
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CAMEL Climate Change RSS Feed
Here is the RSS feed from a great website, www.camelclimatechange.org CAMEL means Climate Adaptation Mitigation E-Learning The CAMEL (Climate Adaption Mitigation ...
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Rio + 20 Conference - Zero Draft Document
"Zero Draft" Document Rio + 20 Conference June 2012 For general information on the Rio + 20 Conference with links see HERE. The "Zero...
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Chad Tolman's Climate Change News feed
Here is Chad Tolman's Climate Change News feed, a monthly summary of articles about energy and climate change science and policy.
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RealClimate Rebuts the Contrarians
RealClimate.org is the go-to climate science website run by professional climatologists. RealClimate has excellent responses to many...
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2011 Climate B.S. of the Year Awards
The Climate B.S. (Bad Science) 2011 Awards by deniers / contrarians / faux-skeptics have been announced! The 2011 Climate BS Award Winners Final...
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Carbon Tax Bill introduced by Rep. Stark
Stark Introduces Carbon Tax Bill to Reduce Emissions, Deficit CBO Says Carbon Tax is Most Economically Efficient Way to Cut Carbon Emissions WASHINGTON - Today, Congressman...
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