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Dear travelers,
To support the Global Climate Strike (globalclimatestrike.ne t), our forum moderators will not work on 20 September 2019. All posts will be answered the next day. The forum does not close. Everyone can post, it’s just the moderators who go silent for one day to support this cause. This includes e-mail and social media.
Climate change is an unparalleled threat to nature, humanity and our economy. The effects of global warming are no longer a prediction, they are happening right now all around the world. Switzerland is no exception. Melting glaciers, hot summers, problems with drought, a lack of snow and heavy precipitation are more common nowadays. The latest Swiss glacier that disappeared was the Pizol glacier: http://www.srf.ch/kultur/wiss en/zu-klein-fuer-die-vermessung-abschied-vom-pizolgletscher. The evidence of man made climate change is overwhelming. It’s clear what needs to be done. It’s also clear that problems will get bigger rapidly if we stay in denial or if we are too slow making actual changes.
A strike won’t save our climate. We support this strike to make a statement. It will, hopefully, help to increase awareness and change our behavior. We’re in the travel industry, so we have a responsibility. Modern travelers explore the world in a climate friendly manner. It’s not hard, and it’s not expensive. More information can be found here: http://www.myswissalps.com/ab outswitzerland/nature/ environment. Concrete steps that we have implemented can be found here, under “We care for the planet”: http://www.myswissalps.com/ab outus.
Don’t stay at home. Travel and explore, but do it climate neutral! http://www.myswissalps.com/ab outswitzerland/nature/ environment/help
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Amen… it is all too real and all pervasive! Respond and be aware and protective!
“It’s clear what needs to be done…” And what might that be?
Hi Albuq,
Thanks for your support!
Hi Pkerr,
What needs to be done was agreed upon in the 2015 Paris Agreement: reach carbon neutrality by 2050. There are numerous ways to reach that goal, some to be implemented globally and some would be different per country. I like the quote by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa: “if we want everything to stay the same, everything must change”. Apart from the links in my original post, please find more information here:
- http://www.un.org/sustainable development/wp-content/uploads/2019/0 7/E_Infographic_13.pdf
- http://www.nationalgeographic .com/environment/globa l-warming/global-warming-overview/
- http://www.un.org/development /desa/undesavoice/more -from-undesa/2019/09/46350.h tml
- ec.europa.eu/jrc/en/re search-topic/climate-change-mitigation
Just to underline the point, here are some photos I took in 1983 with some more recent ones from Google Maps. They are the Grindelwald Oberegletscher as it was then and the almost identical view now, the Unterergletscher shot from Stieregg and a more recent pic from Bäregg (because Stieregg doesn’t exist anymore), and the Haut Glacier d’Arolla, 1983 -recent. I saddens and angers me immensly that these glaciers are dying. When people say that Global Warming is rubbish, I show them these photos.
Thanks for sharing that Alan. The pace of current climate change is unprecedented. The ones that I remember most are the Rhône glacier and the Morteratsch glacier (with signs along the trail showing where the glacier ended not too long ago). The evidence is everywhere, it’s time for action.
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