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.

Melting Glaciers Due to Global Warming | Bathurst Community Climate Action Network (BCCAN)

Fact #1

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

Melting Glaciers Due to Global Warming | Bathurst Community Climate Action Network (BCCAN)
Carbon Dioxide Emissions at Record Highs | Bathurst Community Climate Action Network (BCCAN)

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

Air Pollution - Industrial Emissions | Bathurst Community Climate Action Network (BCCAN)

Fact #3

Worldwide, air pollution kills 9 million people every year.

 

The Lancet Commission on Pollution and Health, October 2017

Air Pollution - Industrial Emissions | Bathurst Community Climate Action Network (BCCAN)
Koalas Face Extinction by 2050 - Bathurst Community Climate Action Network (BCCAN)

Fact #4

More than 31, 000 species are threatened with extinction, that is 27% of all assessed species.

 

The IUCN Red List

Overflowing Rubbish at the Beach | Bathurst Community Climate Action Network (BCCAN)

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

Overflowing Rubbish at the Beach | Bathurst Community Climate Action Network (BCCAN)
Extreme Temperatures Lead to Drought | Bathurst Community Climate Action Network (BCCAN)

Fact #6

Across the Central West and Orana mean temperatures are projected to rise by 0.7°C by 2030.

 

Adapt NSW Climate Projections, NSW State Government

Severe Weather Events| Bathurst Community Climate Action Network (BCCAN)

Fact #7

Severe weather defined as above 50 on the Forest fire Danger Index is projected to increase across the region by 2030.

 

NSW Climate Projections Map

Severe Weather Events| Bathurst Community Climate Action Network (BCCAN)

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