Believe it or not, the majority of us think that human activity contributes to global warming and that significant action by individuals and businesses must be taken to reduce global carbon emissions.
Perhaps we need to come at Climate Change from a different angle? We’ve all heard the science and political debates, but are left standing still, without action, without a way forward. Andy Hobsbawm proclaims, “in times of need we need great creativity” and some would argue that now is a time of great need.
The scientific consensus is that man-induced climate change is real and is happening now! The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change 2007 assessment runs to several thousand pages, with more than 400 authors and 2,500 reviewers and the updated report, "Copenhagen Diagnosis 2009" also makes this absolutely clear, even to the most stubborn challenger.
Is it me, or wasn’t it just the other day that we ushered in a new century? It feels like just yesterday when we donned our silly Year 2000 party hats and tooted excitedly as we looked to the future. I remember too that we also had a fair amount of concern that the Y2K bug would cause a worldwide financial crash.