Climate Emergency Day: Why The World Will Fall Silent At 5pm Today
We now have less than seven years to keep global warming below 1.5°C, say campaigners.
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We now have less than seven years to keep global warming below 1.5°C, say campaigners.
The Climate Clock just Its creators are asking us all to mark the world’s first Climate Emergency Day
Activists warned Friday that the world is rapidly running out of time to substantially change energy usage and curb global warming as the "deadline" for action fell.
“The Earth has a deadline,” at least according to Metronome’s 62-foot-wide, 15-digit electronic clock hanging above Manhattan. For more than 20 years, Metronome’s clock has caught the attention of passersby on their way to work, looking up to check how much time they have left on their lunch break or before the subway leaves the station. Now, Metronome’s clock is counting down the seconds we have left on Earth.
A new statewide poll shows three quarters of Pennsylvanians accept that global warming is happening.