“This is a landmark moment for humankind, a milestone every bit as important as
when the global population passed six then seven billion. Our common future is
now bound up with this one simple measurement, the concentration of CO2 in the
atmosphere, and it now stands well above what some of our greatest scientific
minds say is safe.
“The implications are grave, we’re facing major adverse planetary changes, our
seasons are shifting faster than we thought possible, but even now there is
still cause for hope. Last year China installed more pollution-free renewable
energy than coal, and it was the same in the USA. The tools exist to halt the
relentless loading of our atmosphere with heat-trapping gases, all we need to
do is tap the ingenuity of humankind to deploy them. We're in a fight for our
future, but it's a fight we can win.”
ENDS
Stefano Gelmini
Greenpeace UK press officer
m 07500 866 860
