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SAVE OUR PLANET... Climate change conference held in Germany. Official preparatory talks
for the upcoming United Nations climate change conference in Durban, South Africa, being
hosted this week in the city of Bonn, are being attended by delegates from more than
190 nations under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Among the presenters
were top UN climate official Christiana Figueres, who announced support for less developed countries
and small island nations, which are demanding that accords include terms designating average
global warming temperature increases of 1.5 degrees Celsius or less, to protect those
most vulnerable to climate change. Her statements coincided with another report's findings that
excessive CO2 emissions in 2010 may make such limits impossible.
However, a report released on Tuesday by leading atmospheric scientists in the UN Environment
Program and the World Meteorological Organization suggested that a focus on reducing shorter-lived
climate forcers could effectively mitigate the rapidly warming climate. According to
their findings, reductions specifically of methane, black carbon and ozone offer the
best chance for limiting near- and medium-term temperature increases, while significantly
increasing the chances of keeping global average temperature increases below 2 degrees Celsius
because they dissipate out of the atmosphere so quickly. The report goes on to identify
livestock as a significant source of methane, which is a precursor to ozone, with livestock
manure being a major cause of black carbon emissions through the burning of the biomass.
Our appreciation, United Nations and all participating dignitaries and scientists for your concerned
efforts to help resolve the dire predicament we are facing through climate change. May
we all join in actions that preserve life on our beautiful Mother Earth�