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"There is new and stronger evidence that most of the observed
warming over the last 50 years is attributable to human activities."
From Mozambique to Sussex, we are experiencing extreme and erratic weather, with devastating impacts for people and the environment. Extreme weather events have killed 100,000 people in the last three years. A series of reports from the world's top climate experts have now confirmed the urgency of the climate crisis.
The IPCC predicts that, unless action is taken to reduce emissions of carbon dioxide and other climate-changing pollutants,
Esso still deny that global warming is a reality. Who do you trust? 2,500 independent scientists? Or the world's biggest oil company? For further information, download our briefing document, |
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Latest Campaign News KYOTO MARCH - Saturday 12 February 2005 In February the Kyoto Protocol finally comes into force. Join the Campaign Against Climate Change on a march in central London to mark the occassion by protesting the US' refusal to join the Protocol. Assemble at Lincoln's Inn Fields at 11.30. For more information go to www.campaign againstclimatechange.net Esso up to old tricks on Kyoto Governments from around the world met in Buenos Aires to discuss protecting the climate under the Kyoto Protocol. Greenpeace sent a delegation to the conference to keep an eye on the activities of Esso and other fossil fuel lobbies.more "Global warming is a conspiracy against America" As a taste of what is to come during a second Bush term Myron Ebell, an advisor to President Bush on climate issues, recently argued that global warming is a myth cooked up by the EU to 'hamper American competitiveness'... more Russia Ratifies The Russian parliament have voted to ratify the Kyoto Protocol, which brings the treaty into force... more Chief Scientist: we need immediate action on climate change "Action is affordable, inaction is certainly not," says Sir David King, the UK governments chief scientist...more |
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The
world is getting warmer due to the build up gases generated by human activities.
One of the main gases causing global warming is carbon dioxide, which comes
from the burning of fossil fuels - particularly oil, coal and gas. As the Earth
becomes warmer there will be an increase in the number of extreme weather events
such as flooding and storms.
The
UN's 'Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change' (IPCC) studied all the available
evidence, and concluded that climate change is happening, that it is caused
by the burning of fossil fuels, and that the world is likely to get a lot hotter
than previously thought.