Our Planet in Crisis - A Global Effort

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" kian.tavakkoli " <kian.tavakkoli

wrote:

> I write to you because your work seeks to bring a broad

> awareness of humanity’s biggest challenge yet – global

> warming, and because you know of the dangers of the

> impending catastrophic climate change which threatens all

> life on Earth. It is for this reason that I seek your

> assistance.

>

> This email is addressed to many across the globe because

> it is intended as a global effort, a concerted one, which

> is urgently needed. As you are aware, global warming has

> taken on a much more serious and sinister outlook than

> previously envisaged by scientists. So serious, that

> according to top scientists, we now have only a few short

> years to address it.

>

> The year 2007 saw Arctic Sea ice disappearing at an

> alarming rate. NASA climate scientist, Jay Zwally,

> predicts the Arctic Sea being nearly ice free before the

> summer of 2012. The Antarctic, which scientists did not

> expect to experience the effects of climate change, has

> experienced ice melts as dramatic as the Arctic in this

> past summer. This link to a short video explains the

> urgency and latest NASA findings:

>

>

http://suprememastertv.com/bbs/board.php?bo_table=holidaycard & wr_id=112 & url=link\

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> Latest NASA Report

>

> It seems we have only a few short years available to us

> to avert catastrophic climate change, the melting of the

> polar ice and the subsequent release of methane gas that

> will be released from the ocean seabed and the thawing of

> the permafrost. I know you are aware that there is

> enough gas to end life on Earth as we know it. A global

> tragedy of monumental proportions is about to unfold and

> the world is all but oblivious to it.

>

> The recent UN report “Livestock’s Long Shadow†spelt out

> very clearly that raising animals for food is a primary

> cause of deforestation, land degradation, air pollution,

> water shortage, water pollution, loss of biodiversity,

> and global warming.

>

> You are aware of other organisations such World Watch

> Institute, Earth Save International and many others such

> as your own comprehensive website. Even the Head of

> IPCC, Rajendra Pachauri, made a plea for people around

> the world to tame their carnivorous impulses, adding

> " This is something that the IPCC was afraid to say

> earlier, but now we have said it. "

>

> The facts are undisputable and the sense of urgency has

> never been greater when considering the latest data from

> the UN, NASA and many other leading scientists and

> research organisations.

>

> However, the majority of the world population is totally

> unaware of this. They are totally unaware that meat

> production is a major cause of global warming which is

> causing the melting of the ice in the Arctic and the

> subsequent release of gas which can be the end of

> civilisation as we know it.

>

> My reason for writing to you is because I believe we all

> need to work together to bring about this fundamental

> awareness to the masses. We all need to pool our

> resources together because we have a very short time left

> - Summer of 2012 is the prediction by the scientists, but

> the global change must happen much sooner than that,

> otherwise we will reach the point of no return. The

> Union of Concerned Scientists, some 1,700 of the world’s

> leading scientists, including the majority of Nobel

> laureates in the sciences, warned all humanity and

> governments about this as far back as 1992. This was

> their warning:

>

> “No more than one or a few decades remain before the

> chance to avert the threats we now confront will be lost

> and the prospects for humanity immeasurably diminished.

>

> WARNING

> We the undersigned, senior members of the world's

> scientific community, hereby warn all humanity of what

> lies ahead. A great change in our stewardship of the

> earth and the life on it is required, if vast human

> misery is to be avoided and our global home on this

> planet is not to be irretrievably mutilated.

>

> The scientists issuing this warning hope that our message

> will reach and affect people everywhere. We need the help

> of many.

>

>

> We require the help of the world community of scientists

> -- natural, social, economic, and political.

> We require the help of the world's business and

> industrial leaders.

> We require the help of the world's religious leaders.

> We require the help of the world's peoples.

> We call on all to join us in this task.

> The following two links, one page each, give more

> details:

>

> World Scientists' Warning To Humanity (1992)

>

http://www.ucsusa.org/ucs/about/1992-world-scientists-warning-to-humanity.html

>

> World Scientists' Call For Action (1997)

>

http://www.ucsusa.org/ucs/about/1997-world-scientists-call-for-action.html

>

> According to many environmentalists, and research

> organisations, the most effective steps we can take as

> individuals to help global warming now are:

>

>

> To change to renewable technologies;

> To plant more trees;

> To switch to a hybrid car;

> To become a vegetarian/vegan.

> However, as you know, the quickest and easiest with the

> most impact in the short time available, is for all of us

> to change our diet to a plant-based one.

> Now it is up to us to do everything in our power to bring

> about a massive wave of change, a colossal campaign all

> around the globe to awaken humanity about the future that

> awaits us if we continue as we are. It is up to us, who

> are aware, to put all our efforts to do as we have never

> done before: a united, unequivocal message to the world.

> We have all the facts and figures, thousands of

> scientists to substantiate our statements; and the

> reality of worldwide so-called natural disasters speak

> for themselves. Now we must work together for one

> campaign – to save our planet, to save humanity. It is

> no more, no less, and it has now become a global issue of

> such urgency that everyone’s effort is required.

>

> I hope that you agree with this message; that we can all

> start on this campaign of global awareness together

> without a moment’s delay. What we achieve will only

> benefit the Earth and humanity. What we achieve will

> depend on humanity. Let us all do our utmost, starting

> now – united and with one voice.

>

> I have attached a list of recipients, only a selection

> and by no means extensive, together with an email list.

> We have so many resources at our fingertips, if only we

> all work together.

>

> You are the expert and will know what to do. Please let

> us communicate and respond. This is the Earth’s call and

> it is that urgent.

>

> Yours sincerely

>

> Kian Tavakkoli