The Earth is in a ‘climate emergency,’ declare over 11,000 scientists from around the world, and communities around the world need to take immediate action against climate change. A paper from the Alliance of World Scientists, published on Tuesday, has been signed by researchers from 153 countries so far, and draws on years of research data and policies as evidence of the crisis. Progress to fight climate change has been too slow, the authors warn. And they’ve suggested six areas of focus that governments around the world should prioritize to reduce the effects of climate change.
The report, called the World Scientists’ Warning of a Climate Emergency, starts out with a bang against critics who might accuse the authors of scaring people by calling it an ’emergency.’
“Scientists have a moral obligation to clearly warn humanity of any catastrophic threat and to ‘tell it like it is,'” the paper boldly states. “On the basis of this obligation and the graphical indicators presented below, we declare … clearly and unequivocally that planet Earth is facing a climate emergency.”
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