Cautious calculations by nef suggested that we may have as little as 100 months from August 2008 to stabilise concentrations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. After that the risk of uncontrollable global warming occurring becomes unacceptably high. nef’s analysis is supported by research from the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research and by the chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Dr R.K. Pachauri.
onehundredmonths.org is a growing global movement of people and organisations who have pledged to make sure that from now on, we make sure that each month counts. Around the first day of each month, the campaign offers opportunities to take action to its large and growing list of supports. Meeting the 100 month challenge will mean governments, organisations and people around the world working together as never before.
The Earth’s climate system is currently changing at greater rates and in patterns that are beyond natural variability. We are witnessing changes to the temperatures of the atmosphere, land and ocean, the extent of the sea-ice and mountain glaciers, the sea level, the distribution of rainfall, the length of the growing seasons and a wide range of ecosystems. All of these, at least in part, are attributed to the rapid increase in the abundance of man-made (anthropogenic) greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.
The primary source of the increased concentration of CO₂ is unequivocally due to the burning of fossil fuels such as coal, oil and natural gas. Human beings are now responsible for releasing just over 1,000 tonnes of CO₂ into the Earths’ atmosphere every second. Now we have less than 100 months to reverse that process. Sign up to onehundredmonths.org and you can be part of the solution, not the problem.
Time is running out to tackle climate change. We may have only a matter of months before we pass a crucial climate tipping point.