Tipping points are under way that will produce abrupt changes, with domino effects. Ice is melting rapidly at both poles and Greenland, slowing down the ocean circulation system. Our last great forests are burning. Permafrost is thawing at a stunning rate. Coral reefs are dying off en masse because the ocean is acidifying. Our entire Earth system is in jeopardy.
Devastating wildfires. Persistent drought. Deadly flooding. 1 million species on the brink of extinction.
Earth is rapidly approaching irreversible tipping points due to the accelerating climate crisis.
The fossil fuel industry continues to sow disinformation, but the facts are clear.
Our governments are sleep-walking through the unfolding catastrophe.
Carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere are at 415 parts per million – higher than ever in human history. We’re living in uncharted territory. We are already seeing the consequences – extreme hurricanes, devastating wildfires, rising seas, shrinking land mass, an extinction crisis. And it will only get worse. How much worse is up to us.
Humankind will have less land, less food, less water and more people on our crumbling planet. Yet, as we careen toward ecological disaster, we cannot seem to leave behind fossil fuels to save the planet and ourselves. Our leaders have failed us, taking a gradual approach to a problem that demands an emergency response.