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Are you Ready for the Sustainability and Greentech Revolutions? Climate Crisis Facts and Dangers Let’s cut to the heart of the matter… Global Warming Facts, Data and Consequences Some Facts Human population x 4 in 100 years It took 10000 generations of human beings to reach 2 B We have tripled that in less that one lifetime Some Facts A crisis in the relationship between human civilization and planet earth. Through the emission of Green House Gases we are creating Global Warming . The principles are quite simple : A reality in pictures If a picture is worth a thousand words … Before the warming: Glacier National Park, USA 1932 After the warming: Glacier National Park, USA 1988 A reality in pictures Before the warming: Peru, 1980 After the warming: Peru, 2002 A reality in picture Before the warming: Kilimanjaro, 1970 After the warming: Kilimanjaro, 2000 A reality in pictures Before the warming: Nepal, 1978 After the warming: Nepal, 2004 A reality in pictures Even more obvious from space, this pictures of the North Polar cap from NASA show a melting of 25% in 25 years: Some unequivocal data At the end of 2002, the concentration of carbon dioxide was just above 370ppm. This is probably the highest in at least 400,000 years Some unequivocal data The Human Effect Some unequivocal Data The number of category 4 and 5 hurricanes has almost doubled in the last 30 years.2 Malaria has spread to higher altitudes in places like the Colombian Andes, 7,000 feet above sea level.3 The flow of ice from glaciers in Greenland has more than doubled over the past decade.4 At least 279 species of plants and animals are already responding to global warming, moving closer to the poles.5 Some unequivocal Data Every country bears its share of responsibility, The USA being number one. The Consequences of sticking to ‘Business As Usual” Global sea levels could rise by more than 20 feet with the loss of shelf ice in Greenland and Antar