It’s a little overwhelming reading a gloomy doomsday climate change report. Possibly the information itself is creating a culture of repetitive failure. However, environmental practitioners must not be overwhelmed into giving up after reading such dreary information. Climate Code Red – The Case for a Sustainability Emergency suggests the dangers of a rising temperature are imminent. The authors write, “It is no longer a case of how much more we can "safely" emit, but whether we can quickly enough stop emissions and produce a cooling.” But the biggest climate challenges society faces are political motivation, not personal. Unfortunately, political will, according to Climate Code Red, is unable to cope with the climate crisis.

“Our conventional mode of politics is short-term, adversarial and incremental, fearful of deep, quick change and simply incapable of managing the transition at the necessary speed.”

Climate Code Red Five Goals for a Safe Climate Future

1. Our goal is a safe-climate future – we have no right to bargain away species or human lives.
2. We are facing rapid warming impacts: the danger is immediate, not just in the future.
3. For a safe climate future, we must take action now to stop emissions and to cool the earth.
4. Plan a large-scale transition to a post-carbon economy and society.
5. Recognise a climate and sustainability emergency, because we need to move at a pace far beyond business and politics as usual.

Read the full story at Climate Code Red

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