New Zealand Celsias

Some reactions from some big NGOS to the recent IPCC report 

 Asad Rehman, Head of International Climate, Friends of the Earth EWNI says the report is the equivalent of a planetary alarm bell ringing its final chimes. The merchants of doubt who deliberately muddy the science so they can hit the snooze button - have no option but to wake up and accept the debate is over. The call for an immediate ban on new dirty fuel projects, and in support of a clean energy transformation, is already being echoed by communities from every corner of the world. The demands for these real solutions will continue to intensify until no government is able to put the interests of dirty energy corporations above that of their citizens and the planet.Asad Rehman, Head of International Climate, Friends of the Earth EWNI

Oxfam Executive Director Winnie Byanyima says Scientists have confirmed what farmers in poor countries around the world have been telling us for years, that changes to their climate are destroying their livelihoods, ruining crops, hitting incomes, food quality and often their family’s health. Governments must respond to today’s IPCC report by urgently slashing emissions to avoid the worst impacts of climate change, and financially assisting the poorest countries to cope now and in the future.

 Action Aid Senior Policy Analyst Brandon Wu says the  report is part of a larger trend: climate science is becoming clearer every year, and so are climate impacts. Communities are already facing loss and damage attributable to climate change - the East Africa and Sahel droughts since 2011, which have caused not only widespread hunger but also disease and refugee crises, are just two terrible examples of a broader phenomenon. The IPCC report is one more piece of evidence that governments must take immediate and urgent action to cut emissions, provide finance for adaptation, and address loss and damage.