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What should governments do to fight climate change? The world is emitting huge amounts of greenhouse gases that are changing our climate. If our governments don't take serious action to cut emissions soon, climate change could have a disastrous and irreversible impact on our planet within the lifetime of today's young generation. Join this group, post a message and show your commitment to fighting climate change. By posting a message you can encourage governments to take action in the fight against climate change. Your message will be presented to leading EU officials during the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, 7-18 December 2009. If you want to fight climate change show your commitment and leave a message. Now is the time to act!

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Hi All, Just wondering what type of communication you think is best to reach politicians at COP15. Obama is coming that's for sure now, so a ... /  1 comments

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My dear friends of the EU, In most parts of this world we have democracies. But are they truly democratic. The word demo's origins are from ... /  1 comments


What should governments do to fight climate change?   question
rich collins
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rich collins wrote:

Do you mean what to do to combat man made global warming, the climate always changes, you said the planet would warm up year upon year, this obviously isnt happening so stop wasting OUR money on no existent problems. Give us a vote on any proposals, i doubt that will happen as the EU is a dictatorship   / 1 day ago

The Boogeyman
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The Boogeyman wrote:

Carbon dioxide is not a pollutant but rather a highly beneficial ingredient for all plant life. Global warming is a scientific theory rather than a proven fact and a variety of astrological (solar activity) and other dynamics affect weather. Save where you can, especially energy, and always recycle, we need to keep our beautiful earth clean and healthy, but don't try to destroy economies with these over hyped lies and hysteria, no one will believe you any more, then people stop listening (like a lot have already) and then no one does anything at all.   / 1 day ago

NGO GREEN
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NGO GREEN wrote:

We cannot wait for the govt to act....its us as individuals who need to start taking steps to fight back the climate change. As only a sunami effect can help us fight back Climate change.    / 2 days ago

oaki brasoveanu
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I don't think we have to fight the climate.Earth's climate is something that keeps us alive and we make it worse day by day.We should care about ameliorating the climate for us and for our future.The climate is affected by its latitude, terrain, altitude, ice or snow cover AND by humans.WE have to change,not the climate.There are few those who have knowledge that the planet Earth is one of the 'luckiest' planets in the Solar system,the only one who allows the evolution of species.
In conclusion,the governments should build an secondary ministry of climate,include a program in every scholar curriculum about climate and recycling,make the inhabitants of each country be active in the recycle system,spread all over their country special recycle cans for every sort of recycling product and encourage people to care more about nature.
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oaki brasoveanu
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I don't think we have to fight the climate.Earth's climate is something that keeps us alive and we make it worse day by day.We should care about ameliorating the climate for us and for our future.The climate is affected by its latitude, terrain, altitude, ice or snow cover AND by humans.WE have to change,not the climate.There are few those who have knowledge that the planet Earth is one of the 'luckiest' planets in the Solar system,the only one who allows the evolution of species.
In conclusion,the governments should build an secondary ministry of climate,include a program in every scholar curriculum about climate and recycling,make the inhabitants of each country be active in the recycle system,spread all over their country special recycle cans for every sort of recycling product and encourage people to care more about nature.
   / 3 days ago

oaki brasoveanu
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Recycle now!   / 3 days ago

oaki brasoveanu
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Encourage people to recycle plastic,aluminium and paper.   / 3 days ago

BANE SINGH
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BANE SINGH wrote:

Exercise restraint in injecting six green house gases including carbon di oxide into atmosphere!


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BANE SINGH
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BANE SINGH wrote:

Carbon di oxide concentration in atmosphere was 300 ppm in 1910,crossed 350 in1990... presently 390 ppm....predicted to reach 585 by the year 2085!What would happen?The tolerable limit is just 350..... Stop.. Pause and ponder over a moment!

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BANE SINGH
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BANE SINGH wrote:

Not a new idea Sir ji ........If we could control population increase, it would reduce carbon dioxide in atmosphere suo motto..........!!!!

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BANE SINGH
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BANE SINGH wrote:

Human population reached the first billion mark in the 19th century!!!!! The second billion took 123 years......the subsequent billions to 33, 14, 13 & 11 years...........Presently 6.84 billion & projected to reach 9.35 billion by 2050!!!

   / 4 days ago

Marcin Kronhardt
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They should invest more in research in renewable energies. Some governments have plans that give a great discount to people who change their energy source from traditional to energy produced by panels on the roofs of their houses. This is a very good strategy but not all countries have such programs. We should change peoples thinking by showing them that the change to renewable energy sources is not difficult and the best way to do it is to make the use the sources them selves. If people will notice that they can change something around their nearest surrounding it will be more likeable that they will want to make bigger changes and put more pressure on companies.   / 5 days ago

NGO GREEN
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NGO GREEN wrote:

Instead of gifting a flower bouquet, gift a plant. Spread the message of GREEN.   / 7 days ago

Barrister Chowdhury Hafizur Rahman
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Save your future
Save our Planet
Save Bangladesh
   / 8 days ago

BANE SINGH
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BANE SINGH wrote:

Ocean Acidification....a lesser known problem hitherto....is looming large...Ocean acidity has increased by 30 percent .Stop...Pause....Desist from proliferation of carbon di-oxide .

   / 9 days ago

BANE SINGH
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BANE SINGH wrote:

The struggle between the humankind and the nature is going on... Let’s correct our actions towards the nature which have not been so calibrated by far!   / 9 days ago

BANE SINGH
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BANE SINGH wrote:


Future cities should be developed as carbon neutral cities and the same should have no landfill site, minimum green house gas emissions and integrated solid and liquid waste management!
   / 10 days ago

BANE SINGH
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BANE SINGH wrote:

We should devote at least half an hour a day for musing over environment and associated problems thereof!


   / 10 days ago

NGO GREEN
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NGO GREEN wrote:

Sooner or later, everything goes back to nature except plastic, ......it does not get destroyed but destroys other things in its vicinity.   / 11 days ago

NGO GREEN
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NGO GREEN wrote:

We cannot wait for the govt to act....its us as individuals who need to start taking steps to fight back the climate change. As only a sunami effect can help us fight back Climate change.    / 12 days ago

NGO GREEN
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NGO GREEN wrote:

We cannot wait for the govt to act....its us as individuals who need to start taking steps to fight back the climate change. As only a sunami effect can help us fight back Climate change.    / 12 days ago

BANE SINGH
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BANE SINGH wrote:

As per recent findings of various agencies many regions /social groups of the world are at the risk of “Double Exposure” .Dual impact that certain region or social groups would experience as a result of climate change and changes brought about by economic globalisation!   / 13 days ago

BANE SINGH
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BANE SINGH wrote:

In order to fight climate change we have to look entire world in two perspectives. Firstly, there are countries having 20% of world population and contributing 76% of pollution in the world. Rest of the countries having population around 80% and contributing remaining emissions.Hence the nation contributing bigger per capital pollution should come out wholeheartedly and help other countries by extending finance/soft loans to their various carbon neutral projects, transfer of clean & green technology etc. Also, there is greater need to encourage development of eco-friendly cities world over!   / 14 days ago

Alexander Mahtin
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Looking forward to discuss new features of WCC!   / 14 days ago

BANE SINGH
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BANE SINGH wrote:

Eco-friendly city is a buzzword of sorts in recent times!World over these cities are being developed to minimise emissions and carbon footprints.Dongtan,Huangbaiyu ,sejong(Korea).Lavasa and waitakere are a few known cities in this process.I invite anyone to share name of similar city being developed in his/her region!   / 2 weeks ago

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Decision makers can react to this knot of problems in two key ways: 1. By intensive greening (more trees and leafs - more absorbed CO2, preserved moisture/WATER, more stable soil, more jobs, more own produced FOOD by the locals, more income and profits, more stable economies and more well living people, improved security, etc.). This step alone won't help, because industrial pollution will go on. 2. By sophisticated filtering and energy efficient systems radically reducing heat-trapping gases that flow in the atmosphere – all shaped in one international system of standards, which does not allow one to take unfair advantage compared to the others. Only limiting our greenhouse emissions (CCS techniques alone) won't help, because desertification, drought, water/food shortage and following social problems will continue. So, there must be applied both methods. I'd like to introduce you one vision about how to tackle Climate Change consequences, as part of a bigger economic development mechanism. Basics: 1. We experience very heavy economic crisis affecting many types of business and millions of people. 2. Many scientists conclude that the economic consequences from the worsening environmental situation resulting from climate change will be even heavier. For instance: the financial loses from just one hurricane are measured in hundreds of billions of dollars. 3. Energy issue and its multiple aspects "weight" more and more: growing needs, prices, abundance, political independence, degree of pollution, etc. Unprecedented situation requires unprecedented steps. In this relation, I would like to ask you kindly to consider the possibilities described in Desert Ice Project - http://www.deserticeproject.com There you will find a description of the project aimed to fight global warming (and related desertification / drought, food and water shortage, poverty, unemployment, illiteracy, illegal immigration, terror, violence and conflicts, etc.) by global, complex measures - global initiative / network of local focused solutions to specific regions. If the situation is so bad and even going worse, we must not exclude any alternative. This is a large economic initiative that will mobilize many sectors of business - engineering, construction, banking, security, education, agriculture, science, etc. DIP includes large infrastructure projects, which will attract large contractors, and long chain of subcontractors; taking credits; reconsidering ideas that were underestimated so far. For instance: directing resources to "green" production, let say solar panels will open a lots of new jobs in this sector, and this will lower the prices, which will make these panels more accessible by more people. And then the government may oblige business and households for their massive usage - for every car / building roof, for every cell phone and laptop, etc. Unlike the geo-engineering projects this operation is the most natural one. It only reverses the "negative geo-engineering" that we already did to some places in our planet - deforestation, pollution, too much land used for grazing, etc. Many of its stages are applied already in different parts of the world. They just need to be connected in one system. Many requirements set by environmentalists seem to be too expensive from the economists' point of view. And the opposite - what industry and business want is often unacceptable by the green. This project tries to find the crossing point between, and both sides should assess it. We are almost 7 billion (mankind will pass this threshold at 2012), and except the 2 billion people that struggle every day for basics like water and food, the most of the rest try to live the movie version of the American way of life. Not to mention that we need 2 more planets like Earth to feed our consumer needs (greed?). Every problem is an opportunity in disguise. This is a chance for us, not just for solving the current triple E3 (Environment-Energy-Economy) crisis, but to put international relations / co-operation into a new level. I hope that this might be interesting to Copenhagen delegates, and that the proposed measures could initiate a serious discussion. P.S. Latest (seemingly unrelated) news about the Wilkins ice shelf breaking off from the Antarctic Peninsula, the concentration of economic interests (military presence) around both polar areas, and the insecurity of Food/Energy/other resources' prices, reminds us that we are running out of time.
 
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