 
Our Planet Matters!
Combating climate change and making the planet greener and cleaner is an issue for everyone. Climate change is no longer a distant, futuristic scenario, but an immediate threat. How times have changed since World Environment Day was launched by the United Nations General Assembly 36 years ago. We wonder if they considered then that today climate change, global warming, natural disasters and the effects of global climate change --- deforestation, desertification, flooding, sea-level rise, beach erosion and other environmental impacts would have such an impact on world hunger and poverty.
Climate change is expected to put an estimated 50 million more people at risk of hunger and water stress by 2020. It poses a serious threat to the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), especially during a period of global economic recession, when resources needed to cope with climate change may be reassigned.
Poor people in developing countries are the most vulnerable to the effects of climate change. The negative impacts on their crop yields are already being felt and will be increasingly severe. Climate change is likely to affect forest expansion and migration, and exacerbate threats to biodiversity resulting from land use/cover change and population pressure. Marine and coastal ecosystems are likely to be affected by sea level rise and temperature increases. Human health will also be adversely affected. Rising temperatures and rainfall variability had led to more climate-induced diseases and heat stress. Experts predict climate change-related stresses -- including disasters, food and water shortages and conflicts over scarce resources -- could permanently uproot 200 to 250 million people by mid-century. In many countries defence forces might find themselves torn between humanitarian relief operations and guarding their borders against climate refugees, as climate change and scarce resources, forcing millions of climate refugees across the borders.
United Nations demographers estimate that the world’s population will grow from today’s 6.7 billion people to somewhere between 7.8 billion and 10.8 billion by 2050. The solutions of global warming, climate refugees, extreme poverty and high levels of population growth will require entirely new relationships between the world’s human and natural systems. The world has yet to figure out how it will deal with global warming, changing rainfall patterns, melting glaciers, rising sea-levels and climate refugees.
According to new technique and research our planet's continents were arranged 2.5 billion years ago. We are homo consumens of the earth and very young specie still trying to understand the mysteries of nature and in our ignorance we have destroyed it. Climate change offers humanity no second chances. Only rich countries can break the deadlock crippling international climate negotiations and prevent the world lurching into climate disaster. We should find a way to measure the general well-being of the people and planet rather than just raw economic growth.
You Can Easily Green Your Daily Routine. View Tips “here”.
Your Planet Needs You!
Unite to Combat Climate Change!
Encourage Slower Population Growth!
You can view slide pages from Social Geographic. “here”.
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Uploaded on Nov 27, 2009
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Our Planet Matters!
Combating climate change and making the planet greener and cleaner is an issue for everyone. Climate change is no longer a distant, futuristic scenario, but an immediate threat. How times have changed since World Environment Day was launched by the United Nations General Assembly 36 years ago. We wonder if they considered then that today climate change, global warming, natural disasters and the effects of global climate change --- deforestation, desertification, flooding, sea-level rise, beach erosion and other environmental impacts would have such an impact on world hunger and poverty.
Climate change is expected to put an estimated 50 million more people at risk of hunger and water stress by 2020. It poses a serious threat to the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), especially during a period of global economic recession, when resources needed to cope with climate change may be reassigned.
Poor people in developing countries are the most vulnerable to the effects of climate change. The negative impacts on their crop yields are already being felt and will be increasingly severe. Climate change is likely to affect forest expansion and migration, and exacerbate threats to biodiversity resulting from land use/cover change and population pressure. Marine and coastal ecosystems are likely to be affected by sea level rise and temperature increases. Human health will also be adversely affected. Rising temperatures and rainfall variability had led to more climate-induced diseases and heat stress. Experts predict climate change-related stresses -- including disasters, food and water shortages and conflicts over scarce resources -- could permanently uproot 200 to 250 million people by mid-century. In many countries defence forces might find themselves torn between humanitarian relief operations and guarding their borders against climate refugees, as climate change and scarce resources, forcing millions of climate refugees across the borders.
United Nations demographers estimate that the world’s population will grow from today’s 6.7 billion people to somewhere between 7.8 billion and 10.8 billion by 2050. The solutions of global warming, climate refugees, extreme poverty and high levels of population growth will require entirely new relationships between the world’s human and natural systems. The world has yet to figure out how it will deal with global warming, changing rainfall patterns, melting glaciers, rising sea-levels and climate refugees.
According to new technique and research our planet's continents were arranged 2.5 billion years ago. We are homo consumens of the earth and very young specie still trying to understand the mysteries of nature and in our ignorance we have destroyed it. Climate change offers humanity no second chances. Only rich countries can break the deadlock crippling international climate negotiations and prevent the world lurching into climate disaster. We should find a way to measure the general well-being of the people and planet rather than just raw economic growth.
You Can Easily Green Your Daily Routine. View Tips “here”.
Your Planet Needs You!
Unite to Combat Climate Change!
Encourage Slower Population Growth!
You can view slide pages from Social Geographic. “here”.
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Photo: Firoz Ahmad Firoz
All rights reserved
Uploaded on Nov 24, 2009
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LADLI - The loved one!
Say NO to Violence against Women and girls!
Last year 5,066,549 people from around the world, civil society organizations and governments signed on to the Say NO to Violence against Women campaign, sending the urgent message to governments everywhere that ending violence against women and girls must be a top priority.
Add your name to become part of the global Say NO–UNiTE Network: “here”.
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www.un.org/womenwatch/
www.un.org/women/endviolence/
www.saynotoviolence.org/
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Photo: Firoz Ahmad Firoz
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Uploaded on Nov 14, 2009
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LADLI - The loved one!
Say NO to Violence against Women and girls!
Last year 5,066,549 people from around the world, civil society organizations and governments signed on to the Say NO to Violence against Women campaign, sending the urgent message to governments everywhere that ending violence against women and girls must be a top priority.
Add your name to become part of the global Say NO–UNiTE Network: “here”.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
www.un.org/womenwatch/
www.un.org/women/endviolence/
www.saynotoviolence.org/
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Photo: Firoz Ahmad Firoz
All rights reserved
Uploaded on Nov 7, 2009
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LADLI - The loved one!
Say NO to Violence against Women and girls!
Last year 5,066,549 people from around the world, civil society organizations and governments signed on to the Say NO to Violence against Women campaign, sending the urgent message to governments everywhere that ending violence against women and girls must be a top priority.
Add your name to become part of the global Say NO–UNiTE Network: “here”.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
www.un.org/womenwatch/
www.un.org/women/endviolence/
www.saynotoviolence.org/
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Photo: Firoz Ahmad Firoz
All rights reserved
Uploaded on Nov 1, 2009
122 comments
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