Second Globalwarming Awareness2007

Greenpeace on the Eiffel Tower

On January 29, 2007, whereas the international scientific community, gathered within the Intergovernmental Group of experts on the evolution of the climate (called it GIEC), I’ve been in Paris starting from today, and I foudn the on the urgent need for acting to limit the extent of the climatic changes on the Eiffel Tower is excellent !

I didn’t saw them, but more than forty militants of Greenpeace climbed the structure of the Eiffel Tower. They put two big banners on the tower, above second stage. The first (50×10m) represents a thermometer indicating the absolute need for maintaining the increase average world in the temperatures in lower part of +2°C.

The second (25×10m) carries the message It’s not too late! New slogan of the countryside of Greenpeace to mobilize the citizens and to force the decision makers to now act. The scientists of Giec will confirm this week the aggravation of the climatic changes in progress, points out Yannick Jadot, director of the campaigns of Greenpeace in France. He meet me few years ago.

But by this spectacular action, Greenpeace affirms that it is not too late to act: the solutions exist! To remain in lower part of +2°C, the world emissions must they decrease by half from here 2050. For that purpose, it is necessary for that to exceed the beautiful speeches and to accelerate the international negotiation for the second period of the protocol of Kyoto, covering 2013-2017.

On January 25, Greenpeace published “energy Revolution“, a total energy scenario which proves that it is possible to divide by two the world gas emissions for purpose of greenhouse from here 2050. Based on energy sobriety and renewable energies, this revolution draws aside distort them solutions like the nuclear power, clean coal allegedly or the capture and sequestration of carbon. It also takes into account an increase in the consumption of energy and the economic growth.