Executive director of 300 global warming hoax organizations: Temperature changes of 3 degrees C are like the difference between quakes of magnitude 5 and 8

Kelly Rigg: Can the Durban Climate Talks Prevent 'Betrayal of all Humanity'?

The window of opportunity to deal with climate change in a sensible way is closing quickly. We have already reached 1°C of warming and the impacts are already being felt in the form of drought, heat waves and extreme precipitation. Scientists tell us we should aim to limit the planet's warming to 1.5°-2° but we are currently on a pathway to a 3°-6° world. The difference between these numbers may sound small, but nothing could be further from the truth. Think of it like an earthquake. The difference between quakes of magnitude 5 and 8, in terms of damage and lost lives, tend to be enormous.

Richter magnitude scale - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

An earthquake that measures 5.0 on the Richter scale has a shaking amplitude 10 times larger and corresponds to an energy release of √1000 ≈ 31.6 times greater than one that measures 4.0.^[1]

Kelly Rigg

Kelly Rigg is the Executive Director of the GCCA, a global alliance of 300 organizations cooperating under the banner of the tcktcktck campaign. She has been leading international campaigns for nearly 30 years on climate, energy, oceans, Antarctica and other issues. She was a senior campaign director for Greenpeace International during 20 years with the organization.