GREENING OUR BUILDINGS BUILT ENVIRONMENT RENEWABLES ARE ESSENTIAL TO MITIGATE CLIMATE COLLAPSE.
W
e have heard a lot
acidify, the fish will die, there will be massive
about climate change
collapse in all the ecosystems of the world, and
in recent years, and
we will continue to see an increase in fires, floods,
can now see the evidence of it in our day-to-day
a bleak picture, but provides a vital wake-up call
hurricanes, heatwaves and desertification. There
lives. Floods, fires, storms, hurricanes and
to those among us who still don’t understand the
will be a slew of new diseases, we will be unable
heatwaves are all more prevalent than ever
severity of the situation we are now in.
to grow food to sustain our population, there will
before, and the ten years to the end of 2019 have
Unfortunately, the current business-as-usual
be mass migration, wars over resources, and the
been confirmed as the warmest decade on record.
approach won’t bring us to merely 1.5º of
global economy will completely collapse. Many of
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
warming, but rather to 4º, 5º, or more. What will
us will die, and the survivors will struggle to
Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5ºC paints
that look like? The ice will melt, the oceans will
survive in this new, harsh, unforgiving world.
FEATURE Finnbar Howell, Technical Director, KRA Renewables
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