[ccp4bb] Problem in real space - please sign & invite other scientists to sign this letter

[Wim Burmeister]

Hello, I transmit this initiative for those who feel that there is also life outside reciprocal space and and not only scientist in specialist disciplines have a responsibility in real space. The graphs in the paper mentioned below are sufficiently explicit to understand that there is a big problem. Best wishes Wim   Dear Colleague, We are inviting you and all scientists to sign our new in-press BioScience paper "World Scientists' Warning of a Climate Emergency" which we want to present to world leaders. The article is short and can be read in fewer than eight minutes. Just go to http://scientistswarning.forestry.oregonstate.edu/ to read and sign the paper (you can also read a condensed version of the article below). Please forward this email to other scientists within your network or use social media as suggested below.   Thanks, Bill      William J. Ripple, Distinguished Professor of Ecology, Oregon State University To promote the initiative on social media (Facebook and Twitter), please consider using the following text: The #ScientistsWarningToHumanity is speaking out about the climate emergency. If you are a scientist you can support this new initiative by sharing this and adding your signature here: http://scientistswarning.forestry.oregonstate.edu/ Or Scientists can support the #ScientistsWarningToHumanity climate emergency initiative by sharing this and adding your signature here: http://scientistswarning.forestry.oregonstate.edu/ Or I just signed the #ScientistsWarningToHumanity climate emergency initiative. If you are a scientist you can support this new initiative by sharing this and adding your signature here: http://scientistswarning.forestry.oregonstate.edu/   World Scientists’ Warning of a Climate Emergency (Condensed Version)  William J. Ripple, Christopher Wolf, Thomas M. Newsome, xxxx scientist signatories from xxx countries  We scientists have a moral obligation to clearly warn humanity of any great existential threat. In this paper, we present a suite of graphical vital signs of climate change over the last 40 years. Results show greenhouse gas emissions are still rising, with increasingly damaging effects. With few exceptions, we are largely failing to address this predicament. The climate crisis has arrived and is accelerating faster than many scientists expected. It is more severe than anticipated, threatening natural ecosystems and the fate of humanity. We suggest six critical and interrelated steps that governments and the rest of humanity can take to lessen the worst effects of climate change, covering 1) Energy, 2) Short-lived pollutants, 3) Nature, 4) Food, 5) Economy, and 6) Population. Mitigating and adapting to climate change entails transformations in the ways we govern, manage, feed, and fulfill material and energy requirements. We are encouraged by a recent global surge of concern. Governmental bodies are making climate emergency declarations. The Pope issued an encyclical on climate change. Schoolchildren are striking. Ecocide lawsuits are proceeding in the courts. Grassroots citizen movements are demanding change. As scientists, we urge widespread use of our vital signs and anticipate that graphical indicators will better allow policymakers and the public to understand the magnitude of this crisis, track progress, and realign priorities to alleviate climate change. The good news is that such transformative change, with social and ecological justice, promises greater human wellbeing in the long-run than business as usual. We believe that prospects will be greatest if policy makers and the rest of humanity promptly respond to our warning and declaration of a climate emergency, and act to sustain life on planet Earth, our only home.   William J. Ripple email: scientistswarn...@oregonstate.edu         To unsubscribe from the CCP4BB list, click the following link: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=CCP4BB&A=1