Friday, September 18, 2009

Are you ready to Seal the Deal ?!!

Six powerful voices. Four stunning continents. One compelling message.

The Seal the Deal campaign just launched its new video, featuring six personalities: Philippe Cousteau (Environmentalist), Don Cheadle (Actor), Wangari Maathai (Nobel Peace Prize Winner), Mohamed Nasheed (President of the Maldives), Midori (UN Messenger of Peace) and Saba Douglas-Hamilton (Conservationist).

Let's make 2009 the year the world finds an answer to climate change. The numbers don’t sound big, but their effects could be cataclysmic. A 2°C rise above pre-industrial levels would see 20-40% of the Amazon die off within 100 years.

A 3°C rise would see 75% of the forest destroyed by drought over the following century, while a 4°C rise would kill 85%. (Nature Geoscience).

However – there is good news. The worst of global warming can still be avoided if Greenhouse gases levels are cut substantially.

Watch the video campaign now!

The United Nations has launched “Seal the Deal” campaign that encourages users to sign an online, global petition which will be presented by civil society to governments of the world.

The petition will serve as a reminder that our leaders must negotiate a fair, balanced and effective agreement in Copenhagen, and that they must seal a deal to power green growth, protect our planet and build a more sustainable, prosperous global economy that will benefit all nations and people.

Did you know?

*A one-meter rise in the sea level worldwide could displace around 100 million people in Asia, mostly eastern China, Bangladesh and Vietnam; 14 million in Europe; and eight million each in Africa and South America. UNEP Year Book, 2009

*Organic pollutants are being carried back into the environment from melting glaciers in the Rocky Mountains of North America. UNEP Year Book, 2009

*The Greenland ice sheet, which could raise sea levels by six metres if it melted away, is currently losing more than 100 cubic km a year-faster than can be explained by natural melting. UNEP Year Book, 2009

*Transport accounts for over 20 per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions. In 2005 there were an estimated 650 million vehicles on the road with that number expected to double by 2030. UNEP Year Book, 2009

Visit www.sealthedeal2009.org

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