To: President Donald Trump
Support President Barack Obama in taking immediate action to stop climate change
This petition requests President Obama to take immediate action to address global climate change and the rapid melting of the Arctic by meeting with the leaders of Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, Europe and Mexico. This is a global problem that demands united action and immediate worldwide implementation. We ask that President Obama inform the American people of the severity of climate change and increasing global temperatures in a public address.
Research and climate scientists have revised estimates regarding the Arctic’s rapidly shrinking volume of ice referring to it’s melting as a “Death Spiral.” This fact should be sickening to all world nations since the ice caps are crucial for reflecting sunlight back into the atmosphere. If immediate action is not taken global temperatures will continue to warm and unpredictable and erratic weather patterns will become the world’s norm. Increasing heat waves, droughts, floods, tornados, hurricanes and enormous wild fires such as the Rim Fire near and in Yosemite National Park this (2013) summer, which fueled by drought weakened forests burned over 400 square miles of wilderness and cost over 100 million dollars to extinguish, will continue at an unprecedented scale. Unexpected torrential floods such as Colorado’s recent flood which caused an estimated 1 billion dollars in damage to 18 different cities and towns with what the National Weather Service referred to as “Biblical” rainfall amounts will continue to cause deaths and massive destruction to property, wild lands and infrastructure.
The time has come for President Obama to take his position as the leader of a world power. Mr. President, please take immediate action to development and implement a global plan to prevent the loss of Arctic ice and halt the warming of our planet. Please address the American public on the consequences and enormous implications of our planet’s increasing temperatures and the loss of the Arctic Ice. The time for action is now. Waiting until the fifth IPCC assessment report and negotiating a new global climate agreement for adoption in 2015 to take effect in 2020 is much too late.
Research and climate scientists have revised estimates regarding the Arctic’s rapidly shrinking volume of ice referring to it’s melting as a “Death Spiral.” This fact should be sickening to all world nations since the ice caps are crucial for reflecting sunlight back into the atmosphere. If immediate action is not taken global temperatures will continue to warm and unpredictable and erratic weather patterns will become the world’s norm. Increasing heat waves, droughts, floods, tornados, hurricanes and enormous wild fires such as the Rim Fire near and in Yosemite National Park this (2013) summer, which fueled by drought weakened forests burned over 400 square miles of wilderness and cost over 100 million dollars to extinguish, will continue at an unprecedented scale. Unexpected torrential floods such as Colorado’s recent flood which caused an estimated 1 billion dollars in damage to 18 different cities and towns with what the National Weather Service referred to as “Biblical” rainfall amounts will continue to cause deaths and massive destruction to property, wild lands and infrastructure.
The time has come for President Obama to take his position as the leader of a world power. Mr. President, please take immediate action to development and implement a global plan to prevent the loss of Arctic ice and halt the warming of our planet. Please address the American public on the consequences and enormous implications of our planet’s increasing temperatures and the loss of the Arctic Ice. The time for action is now. Waiting until the fifth IPCC assessment report and negotiating a new global climate agreement for adoption in 2015 to take effect in 2020 is much too late.
Why is this important?
Worldwide the melting of the Arctic is already causing extreme weather patterns, increasing temperatures and altering jet streams. The rise in global temperatures is leading to the thawing of ice in Greenland and Antarctica. This immense melting will drastically raise sea levels condensing our world population into smaller and more climate stressed areas. Couple this with the increasing acidity and heating of the world’s oceans, the dangers and damages of unpredictable severe weather catastrophes, the implications for agriculture and global food supply shortages and the extreme loss of habitat for wildlife and our children will be faced with a world we never imagined possible.
As the Arctic’s tundra thaws, a host of compounding problems may arise. The soon to be exposed Arctic permafrost contains 1.5 trillion tons of carbon and in moist /wet areas this will produce methane emissions. Unfortunately methane is 20 - 25 times more capable of retaining heat than the well known green house gas carbon dioxide. The exposure of these potent green house gasses by the thawing of the Arctic’s ice will cause the world’s green house effect to intensify and multiply and further increase global temperatures.
Our children may very well see countries fight over life sustaining resources such as food and water in their life times. As a citizen of the United States and a parent I feel utter dismay that our planet has been allowed to enter such a time of unprecedented environmental crisis. Continued purposeful inaction by our government will result in the deaths of billions of people and environmental and economic collapse.
The time has come for President Obama to take his position as the leader of a world power. Mr. President, please take immediate action to development and implement a global plan to prevent the loss of Arctic ice and halt the warming of our planet. Please address the American Public on the consequences and enormous implications of our planet’s increasing temperatures and the loss of the Arctic Ice. We understand that the time has come for sacrifices to be made by all the world’s people. We can no longer allow economics and greed to sacrifice our futures.
As the Arctic’s tundra thaws, a host of compounding problems may arise. The soon to be exposed Arctic permafrost contains 1.5 trillion tons of carbon and in moist /wet areas this will produce methane emissions. Unfortunately methane is 20 - 25 times more capable of retaining heat than the well known green house gas carbon dioxide. The exposure of these potent green house gasses by the thawing of the Arctic’s ice will cause the world’s green house effect to intensify and multiply and further increase global temperatures.
Our children may very well see countries fight over life sustaining resources such as food and water in their life times. As a citizen of the United States and a parent I feel utter dismay that our planet has been allowed to enter such a time of unprecedented environmental crisis. Continued purposeful inaction by our government will result in the deaths of billions of people and environmental and economic collapse.
The time has come for President Obama to take his position as the leader of a world power. Mr. President, please take immediate action to development and implement a global plan to prevent the loss of Arctic ice and halt the warming of our planet. Please address the American Public on the consequences and enormous implications of our planet’s increasing temperatures and the loss of the Arctic Ice. We understand that the time has come for sacrifices to be made by all the world’s people. We can no longer allow economics and greed to sacrifice our futures.