Here's a warning from avvaaz.com worth repeating in my blog and for you to follow and act on.. Inderjit Badhwar, Editor India Legal
The last ice age happened in 6 months. 6 months for the planet to unleash an army of apartment-building-size ice blocks across Europe and the US. It was a climate tipping point where the balance is knocked completely out of control and threatens the survival of everything -- and numerous tipping points exactly like it are on the verge of happening.
We've had our "holy shit" climate moment according to a leading NASA scientist -- we need a holy shit response to change the future we’re facing.
One agreement with common sense steps to end dirty energy can save us. That's why the UN has called an urgent climate meeting in less than 100 days with all major world leaders — we can meet them with a million-strong global day of action against climate change and anchored by a major march in Delhi
Already, hundreds of thousands of Avaaz members around the world have pledged to take part wherever they live. Let's join them to bring this moment to a whole new level of impact. We've got less than 100 days -- sign up to attend the September 21 Delhi climate march and change history:
http://www.avaaz.org/en/join_
"Tipping points" are feedback loops, where climate change feeds back on itself and causes rapidly accelerating, catastrophic consequences. Right now, methane gas that is 25 times worse for global warming than CO2 is frozen in our ice. But as the ice melts, the gas leaks, causing more melting and each melt loses us another layer of reflective ice shield that we rely on to keep the planet cool, more methane and less ice means more warming still, and everything starts to spin out of control. And that's just one example… it's why scientists are yelling from the rooftops that we have to act now.
We actually have the tools and the plan we need to make sure we don't cross into a world where tipping points destroy us. And while it will take global cooperation on a bigger scale than ever before, our 36 million-strong movement already has the people power necessary to move leaders from every country led by India -- to take the first steps. Just days ago, the United States and China announced serious new plans to curb their pollution — momentum is building ahead of next year's critical Paris climate summit where a deal could be inked, and in just over 100 days we can take it up a notch further.
Taking to the streets in a record setting show of power and coordination is one of the most effective ways to create change -- from the anti-Apartheid movement in South Africa to civil rights in the US, it's sometimes been the only way. This is our chance to bring that power to the most important issue of our time: survival and a thriving future for our families, and their families and the generations of people to come. Click below to be a part of it all:
http://www.avaaz.org/en/join_
We know we can do this… and do it big. When our community was just 3 million people we held 3,000 actions on the same day to protect our planet. We're now 36 million strong, ten times the size! Imagine what we can achieve together.
With so much hope for our future,
Emma, Iain, David, Lisa, Ricken, Jooyea, Diego, Michael and the rest of the Avaaz team
MORE INFORMATION
Global warming: it's a point of no return in West Antarctica. What happens next? (The Guardian)
http://www.theguardian.com/
A Call to Arms: An Invitation to Demand Action on Climate Change (Rolling Stone)
http://www.rollingstone.com/
Mini ice age took hold of Europe in months (New Scientist)
http://www.newscientist.com/
Report: Prepare for climate tipping points (Politico)
http://www.politico.com/story/
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