Post on 03-Aug-2015
Earth Day 2013: Earth Day 2013: The Face of Climate The Face of Climate
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ByProf. Liwayway Memije-Cruz
Chief: Center for Environmental Studies
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Climate change can seem like a remote problem for our leaders, but the fact is that it's already impacting real people, animals, and beloved places. These Faces of Climate Change are multiplying every day. Fortunately, other Faces of Climate Change are multiplying too: those stepping up to do something about it.
The Maldives and Rising Sea Levels
A man in the Maldives worried about relocating his family as sea levels rise
Droughts ruin crops in Kansas
a farmer in Kansas struggling to make ends meet as prolonged drought ravages the crops
Empty Net in Niger River
a fisherman on the Niger River whose nets often come up empty
Aftermath of Superstorm Sandy in Hoboken, New Jersey
a child in New Jersey who lost her home to a super-storm
Bangladesh is extremely vulnerable to natural disasters, with cyclones …
a woman in Bangladesh who can’t get fresh water due to more frequent flooding and cyclones…
Melting ice and polar bear
polar bear in the melting arctic pole
Threatened Mangrove Forests
India’s threatened mangrove forests
North Atlantic right whale
the right whale in plankton-poor parts of the warming North Atlantic
Bushfires and droughts
the orangutan in Indonesian forests segmented by more frequent bushfires and droughts…
other faces of climate change are also multiplying every day.
New Green Economy
the entrepreneurs who see opportunity in creating the new green economy
the activists who organize community action and awareness campaigns
Clean Technology
the engineers who design the clean technology of the future
Public Servants
the public servants who fight for climate change laws and for mitigation efforts
Sustainable Development
the ordinary people who commit to living sustainably…
Together, we’ll Together, we’ll highlight the solutions highlight the solutions and showcase the and showcase the collective power of collective power of individuals taking individuals taking action across the action across the world. In doing so, we world. In doing so, we hope to inspire our hope to inspire our leaders to act and leaders to act and inspire ourselves to inspire ourselves to redouble our efforts in redouble our efforts in the fight against the fight against climate change. climate change.