In Australia close to 100 jurisdictions representing 8 million people – a third of the population – have declared a climate emergency since May 2016; including the governments of the ACT & South Australia.
CO2 is being released into the atmosphere faster than at any time in at least the last 66 million years.
– RE Zeebe, et al., Nature Geoscience, March 2016
Fact #2
We are spewing 110 million tons of manmade global warming pollution into the thin shell of our atmosphere every 24 hours — as if it were an open sewer.
– Al Gore, 2019
Fact #3
Worldwide, air pollution kills 9 million people every year.
– The Lancet Commission on Pollution and Health, October 2017
Fact #4
More than 31, 000 species are threatened with extinction, that is 27% of all assessed species.
Fact #5
6,000 KG of clothes are thrown out every 10 minutes in Australia — goes straight to landfill.
– ABC’s War on Waste, Episode 3, 2018
Fact #6
Across the Central West and Orana mean temperatures are projected to rise by 0.7°C by 2030.
Fact #7
Severe weather defined as above 50 on the Forest fire Danger Index is projected to increase across the region by 2030.
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