This past July climate scientists at the NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) and the AMS (American Meteorological Society) linked, for the very first time, recent extreme weather events to human-induced climate change in their State of the Climate Report.
Out of the six extreme weather events in 2011, including Japan’s combination earthquake and tsunami, flooding in Thailand and Brazil, drought and tornado outbreaks in the U.S., and Europe’s heat wave, the report signifies that five of them can be at least partially attributed to climate change. Deputy NOAA Administrator Kathryn D. Sullivan states with forewarning that: “this annual report provides scientists and citizens alike with an analysis of what has happened so we can all prepare for what is to come.” (Source: NOAA News)
In the coming decades these extreme conditions can potentially lead to devastating effects on our water supplies, agriculture, power and transportation systems, the earth’s natural environment, and the health and safety of humanity. (Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency)
Do you want to help reverse this trend and contribute to pragmatic and lasting solutions?
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IDEAS is a global youth-led sustainability movement with chapters and affiliates growing across campuses, K-12 schools, and communities around the world, providing people of all ages with the opportunities to develop their ideas for sustainable change and leave a positive impact for future generations. The pending nonprofit organization IDEAS for Us supports this movement by providing youth leaders with consulting services, professional training programs, chapter advancement, leadership development, nurturing of ideas, and peer-to-peer mentorship necessary to implement their IDEAS and ultimately “solve the integrated energy, environmental and economic problems in their community.”
Chapters and affiliates of IDEAS strive to generate sustainable change at the local level, through a resource database, experiential learning, a hands-on approach, and workforce development for the growing clean energy economy.
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