Tackling global climate change

Friends of the Earth has launched a campaign to get all 166 TDs in the Dail to sign a Climate Pledge.

The Climate Pledge will promise that Ireland will do its fair share to tackle global climate change. Climate change is already happening. And human activity is causing it. But humanity also has the power to stop it running out of control.

If we act now we can make the decisions and take the steps needed to prevent climate change having catastrophic consequences. Otherwise this century will see ever more storms, floods, droughts and famines. It boils down to how we produce energy and how we use it.

We need to move away from carbon fuels like peat, coal and oil and towards renewables like wind, solar and biomass. And we need to use energy much more carefully and efficiently.

We can take many small steps towards sustainability, starting now, or face unprecedented upheaval and disruption in the future. And the poorest and most vulnerable communities in the world will be the first and hardest hit. For them it will mean destruction of lives and livelihoods.

For us it will mean flood damage, falling property values and rising insurance premiums. But let's not wait for climate change to hit home.

At www.climatepledge.ie you can sign-up to support the campaign, learn more about doing more, and email your TDs to ask them to pledge that Ireland will do its fair share to prevent climate chaos.

Website: www.climatepledge.ie
Email: climatepledge@foe.ie