Climate change is the greatest threat the world faces. It is already killing hundreds of thousands of people a year and if left unchecked will put hundreds of million others at risk.
Catastrophic climate change isn’t inevitable: we know it is caused by human activities, including the burning of fossil fuels and deforestation.
The energy sector is responsible for some two-thirds of world’s climate change-causing greenhouse gas emissions.
"I can't understand why there aren't rings of young people blocking bulldozers and preventing them from constructing coal-fired power plants."
-- Nobel Peace Prize winner Al Gore
Coal-fired power plants are the biggest offenders.
- Coal is the most polluting of all fossil fuels and is the world’s the largest single source of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide
- Currently one-third of all carbon dioxide emissions worldwide come from burning coal
We can stop climate change, but only if we reduce our dependence on fossil fuels, particularly coal.
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