The month of February has experienced a whopping temperature rise never seen before in the history of record-keeping, according to just-released global satellite data.<\/p>\n
Greenpeace Executive Director Russel Norman says temperatures around the planet, including in New Zealand, have experienced such a spike that the world would be \u201ccrazy\u201d not to act immediately.<\/p>\n
\u201cBased on the data that\u2019s just been put out it\u2019s pretty clear that February has obliterated our previous record-setting month. It\u2019s completely unusual, even taking El Ni\u00f1o into consideration. Doing something about this right away is a matter of life and death. We can\u2019t afford to muck around,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n
\u201cEven the climate deniers, who ironically have used this very satellite data in the past to further their own agendas, have gone very quiet.\u201d<\/p>\n
Action here in New Zealand needs to start with calling it quits on any future oil exploration right away, says Norman.<\/p>\n
But on the back of the Paris Climate Conference in January, Prime Minister John Key stated he had no intention of scaling back any search for fossil fuels.<\/p>\n
\u201cKey is doing less than bugger all when it comes to climate change. And this means we\u2019re facing floods in our homes, and droughts on our farms. We need to make the call now that enough is enough,\u201d says Norman.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think this will be the year of peaceful protest in New Zealand. We\u2019ve seen it with the TPPA, and we\u2019re going to see it with the oil industry. Next on the agenda is Greenpeace\u2019s day of peaceful civil disobedience\u00a0in three weeks\u00a0at the annual petroleum conference at SkyCity.\u201d<\/p>\n
Last month, Greenpeace launched the campaign, pegged as an \u201can escalation of protest tactics\u201d, and called on members of the public to take part in a co-ordinated demonstration of civil disobedience at the conference in Auckland on\u00a0March 21.<\/p>\n
\u201cEveryone who is concerned about news like February\u2019s overwhelming temperature record should come and join us at the oil conference. We need real climate action,\u201d says Norman.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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