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Thursday, May 6, 2010
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Greenhouse Gases Have Already Reached Dangerous Tipping Point  Report from the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA): Climate disasters are on the rise. Around 70 percent of disasters are now climate related – up from around 50 percent from two decades ago. These disasters take a heavier human toll and come with a higher price tag. In the last decade, 2.4 billion people were affected by climate related disasters, compared to 1.7 billion in the previous decade. The cost of responding to disasters has risen tenfold between 1992 and 2008. Destructive sudden heavy rains, intense tropical storms, repeated flooding and droughts are likely to increase, as will the vulnerability of local communities in the absence of strong concerted action. Personal thoughts : I think that its very important for us to do our part in saving the environment. It is the only planet that allows us to stay in and provide us food,water and air to live in. What if the globe is going to be destroy, will our home be destroy too. YES, definitely! Instead the rumors are spreading around that by the year of 2012, the world will be facing a very huge disaster (eg. tsunami, earthquake) and which it may even be the end of the world! Hence we should not add on the pollutants in the world by using the 3Rs to guide us ( Recycle Reuse Reduce) , taking up Public Transportation instead of driving your own car, save up electricity by switching on the fan instead of air-condition/use light saving bulb or even stop smoking(good for your own health too) in order to stop the globe's temperature from rising up rapidly. Well, will the year of 2012 be true or false information? It will depends on how much effort you have put in to save the world. Yanling |
