HEADING FOR EXTINCTION - WELCOME TO Eve Jones Extinction rebellion Birmingham - CE Midlands

WELCOME TO
HEADING FOR EXTINCTION
          (AND WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT)

                               Eve Jones
       Extinction rebellion Birmingham

Not an “activist” nor an “expert”

WHO ARE EXTINCTION REBELLION?
XR is a NON-VIOLENT direct action
      civil protest movement
      We are de-centralised, made up of
       autonomous local groups, non-
        hierarchical, non-political and
     consensus- driven, with a focus on
             regenerative culture
                    We aim to save humanity from complete
                                 extinction…

OUR THREE DEMANDS

1.   Tell the truth about the ecological
     crisis and declare a climate emergency

2.   Greenhouse gas net-zero & halting of
     biodiversity loss by 2025

3.   Citizens’ assembly on climate and
     ecological justice

AIM OF THIS TALK

                         PART 2
     PART 1
 THE TRUTH about        WHAT WE
net neutral by 2050   ACTUALLY NEED
                          TO DO

Introduce yourselves

Something natural which you love   Something you have noticed in your life which
                                   suggests the natural world is changing or
                                   struggling…

… main aim is to help us reconnect with our own
human wisdom and the reality of this crisis

We are losing our home

IMPACTS ALREADY BEING FELT IN THE UK
                             ● 2003 Heatwave killed 70000 Europe-wide
                             ● 2014 Worst rainfall in 248 years
                             ● 2019 Welsh village of Fairbourne
                               decommissioned due to sea level rise

● 2018: Hottest summer on record in UK
● Accident & emergency saw record numbers
● Rise in heart failure, kidney failure and dehydration
● Vegetable yields down by 50% in parts of UK

Wildlife is losing its home

DE-FORESTATION IS REDUCING
BIODIVERSITY but also CARBON DRAWDOWN and MOISTURE RETENTION

WE HAVE BEGUN EARTH’S 6th MASS EXTINCTION

AND BY DESTROYING OUR FOOD WEB, WE ARE
SAWING OFF THE BRANCH WE ARE STANDING
                  ON

GREENHOUSE GASES KEEP EARTH WARM

                               CARBON DIOXIDE
SUN
                               METHANE

GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS ARE SKYROCKETING
                               Industrial age began

WE HAVE BEEN PUMPING GREENHOUSE GASES INTO
   THE ATMOSPHERE AND THE EARTH IS GETTING
                  HOTTER
SUN
                               CARBON   DIOXIDE
                                METHANE

GLOBAL TEMPERATURES ARE SKYROCKETING

         1880

WE HAVEN’T SEEN +2°C FOR 130000 YEARS…
   …and +4°C for several million years

                                   +4° C
                           +2° C

THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE (IPCC)

Ocean heating reduces dissolved O2, kills
ecosystems, disturbs ocean currents and melts
                   icecaps

“Climate change cannot now be stopped.”

                                 Sea-level rise to affect one billion
                                 people by 2050, landmark IPCC report
                                 reveals
                                 25 September 2019
                                 The report represents the work of 104
                                 scientists and references nearly 7,000
                                 publications

AMPLIFIERS THAT MAY TRIGGER FURTHER HEATING
Ice loss reducing cooling   Methane release from frozen stores

MULTIPLE INTERACTING FACTORS COULD COMBINE TO CREATE
A HOTHOUSE EARTH

CONSEQUENCES FOR “BUSINESS AS USUAL”

 ● Famine, water shortages, displacement of
 people from their homes

 ● War

 …societal collapse?

‘I would like people to panic’ –
Top scientist Joachim Schellnuber unveils equation
showing world in climate emergency.

Likelihood of societal breakdown is 1:10

Societal breakdown is all around us- this is climate change

How can you be part of the just transition?

Thank you for listening! ♥

     https://rebellion.earth/act-now/join-us/