Dear Friend and Reader:
Today is the opening day of the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, Denmark. The editorial reprinted below appears as part of a global news accord among 56 major newspapers across the world to advocate for intervention against the devastating effects of climate change on the planet. Of the international newspapers participating, only one, the Miami Herald, was from the United States — one of the largest polluters on the planet.
It is very rare a common global accord like this editorial happens. But its not enough. With the situation at hand, its time to begin speaking with one voice, and do more than deny it’s happening. We need to move the direction forward and deliberately towards making the change to protect the planet we all share. —fb
Seize the moment on climate change
OUR OPINION: There’s no time to waste for nations to combat climate change
Today 56 newspapers in 45 countries take the unprecedented step of speaking with one voice through a common editorial. We do so because humanity faces a profound emergency.
The dangers of climate change have been apparent for a generation. Now the facts have started to speak: 11 of the past 14 years have been the warmest on record, the Arctic ice cap is melting and last year’s inflamed oil and food prices provide a foretaste of future havoc.