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Global Warming


It was determined that the total carbon dioxide equivalent of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere reached 455 parts per million in 2005 according to the latest report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. It had not been expected to reach this level for a decade and is considered a tipping point. "The amount of greenhouse gas in the atmosphere is already above the threshold that can potentially cause dangerous climate change. We are already at risk...It's not next year or next decade, it's now." (Tim Flannery, Australian climate change expert) (Learn More: (1), (2), (3))


A record number of floods, droughts and storms around the world in 2007 amounted to a climate change "mega disaster", the United Nation's emergency relief coordinator and under-secretary-general for humanitarian affairs, Sir John Holmes, has warned. "We are seeing the effects of climate change. Any year can be a freak but the pattern looks pretty clear to be honest...this is here and now, this is with us already." Two years ago only half the international disasters dealt with by OCHA, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, had anything to do with the climate; this year all but one of the 14 emergency appeals is climate-related. The OCHA appeals represent the tip of an iceberg since they are launched only with the agreement of the affected country. (Learn More: (1))

World Hunger - Growing Food Crisis

Fresh Water Shortages and Water Pollution

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Genetic Engineering

World Population Issues

Endangered Species and Biodiversity Loss

Ozone Depletion

Desertification

Hormone/Endocrine Disruptors

Shrinking Wetlands

Nuclear Weapons and Nuclear Power

Air Pollution

Animal Cruelty

Forest Destruction/Deforestation

Toxic Chemicals

Shrinking Fish Population

Food Supply Monopoly

Overall State of the World

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The world is producing the wrong kind of food, by a process that leaves millions of people landless, homeless, cashless, and unable to feed themselves. Anita Roddick, Take It Personally, How to Make Conscious Choices to Change the World
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