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t the great barrier reef the great barrier reef is too big to fail abc http www abc net au news 2017 06 26 great barrier reef valued 56b deloitte 8649936 smh comu rob pyne video posted in africa america australia bom brazil britain cairns california canada capitalism china climate change climate refugees coal coral deforestation delhi divest dolphins drought ecocide economy energy europe extinction fiji flood food security fossil fuels france futurelearn germany great barrier reef india indonesia ipcc kirabati limits to growth mackay malaysia media netherlands new yorker nuclear ocean acidification oecd oil gas pakistan paris politics pollution poverty queensland renewable energy science sea level rise singapore on june 25 2017 by john 1 comment unesco coral reefs likely to disappear by 2100 stopadani coral reefs likely to disappear by 2100 unless co2 emissions drastically reduce today unesco s world heritage centre released the first global scientific assessment of climate change impacts on world heritage coral reefs soaring ocean temperatures in the past three years have subjected 21 of 29 world heritage reefs to severe and or repeated heat stress and caused some of the worst bleaching ever observed at iconic sites like the great barrier reef australia papahānaumokuākea usa the lagoons of new caledonia france and aldabra atoll seychelles the analysis predicts that all 29 coral containing world heritage sites would cease to exist as functioning coral reef ecosystems by the end of this century under a business as usual emissions scenario bleaching is a stress response that causes coral animals to expel the microscopic algae zooxanthellae whose photosynthesis provides the energy needed to build three dimensional reef structures mass bleaching is caused by rising water temperatures associated with climate change it only takes a spike of 1 2 c to cause bleaching and carbon emissions have caused a 1 c increase in global surface temperature since pre industrial times this effect has been magnified by strong el niño and la niña events ocean acidification caused by dissolved atmospheric co2 weakens corals further the 29 globally significant coral reefs on unesco s world heritage list are facing existential threats and their loss would be devastating ecologically and economically said dr mechtild rossler director of the world heritage centre these rainforests of the sea protect coastal communities from flooding and erosion sustain fishing and tourism businesses and host a stunning array of marine life the social cultural and economic value of coral reefs is estimated at us 1 trillion recent projections indicate that climate related loss of reef ecosystem services will total us 500 billion per year or more by 2100 with the greatest impacts felt by people who rely on reefs for day to day subsistence widespread coral bleaching was first documented in 1983 but the frequency and severity is increasing the last three years were the hottest on record and they caused a global bleaching event that reached 72 of world heritage listed reefs we know the frequency and intensity of coral bleaching events will continue to increase as temperatures rise said dr scott heron noaa coral reef watch and lead author of the assessment our goal was to document climate impacts on world heritage listed coral reefs to date and examine what the future may hold the fate of these treasures matters to all humankind and nations around the world are bound by the 1972 world heritage convention to support their survival coral communities typically take 15 to 25 years to recover from mass bleaching the assessment looked at the frequency with which world heritage reefs have been subjected to stress that exceeds best case rates of recovery it also examined future impacts to world heritage reefs under two emissions scenarios the results were sobering and concluded that delivering on the paris agreement target of holding the increase in the global average temperature to well below 2 c above pre industrial levels and to pursue efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1 5 c offers the only opportunity to prevent coral reef decline globally and across all 29 reef containing natural world heritage sites the assessment was developed with satellite data from the united states national ocean and atmospheric administration s noaa coral reef watch and received the support from the french agency for biodiversity agency française pour la biodiversité press link for full report whc unesco org posted in africa australia brazil britain cairns california canada carbon emissions climate change coal coral delhi divest drought ecocide economy energy europe extinction fiji food security fossil fuels france fremantle futurelearn germany great barrier reef india indonesia kirabati mackay malaysia ocean acidification oil gas pakistan paris perth politics pollution poverty queensland renewable energy saudi arabia science sea turtles singapore on june 24 2017 by john leave a comment australia shirks it s moral responsibility climatechange stopadani australia deep in climate change s disaster alley shirks its moral responsibility a government s first responsibility is to safeguard the people and their future well being the ability to do this is threatened by human induced climate change the accelerating effects of which are driving political instability and conflict globally climate change poses an existential risk to humanity that unless addressed as an emergency will have catastrophic consequences in military terms australia and the adjacent asia pacific region is considered to be disaster alley where the most extreme effects are being experienced press link to download report breakthrough online australia s leaders either misunderstand or wilfully ignore these risks which is a profound failure of imagination far worse than that which triggered the global financial crisis in 2008 existential risk cannot be managed with conventional reactive learn from failure techniques we only play this game once so we must get it right first time this should mean an honest objective look at the real risks to which we are exposed guarding especially against more extreme possibilities that would have consequences damaging beyond quantification and which human civilisation as we know it would be lucky to survive instead the climate and energy policies that successive australian governments adopted over the last 20 years driven largely by ideology and corporate fossil fuel interests deliberately refused to acknowledge this existential threat as the shouting match over the wholly inadequate reforms the finkel review proposes demonstrates too well there is overwhelming evidence that we have badly underestimated both the speed and extent of climate change s effects in such circumstances to ignore this threat is a fundamental breach of the responsibility that the community entrusts to political bureaucratic and corporate leaders a hotter planet has already taken us perilously close to and in some cases over tipping points that will profoundly change major climate systems at the polar ice caps in the oceans and the large permafrost carbon stores global warming s physical effects include a hotter and more extreme climate more frequent and severe droughts desertification increasing insecurity of food and water supplies stronger storms and cyclones and coastal inundation climate change was a significant factor in triggering the war in syria the mediterranean migrant crisis and the arab spring albeit this aspect is rarely discussed our global carbon emission trajectory if left unchecked will drive increasingly severe humanitarian crises forced migrations political instability and conflicts australia is not immune we already have extended heatwaves with temperates above 40 degrees catastrophic bushfires and intense storms and floods the regional effects do not receive much attention but are striking hard at vulnerable communities in asia and the pacific forcing them into a spiral of dislocation and migration the effects on china and south asia will have profound consequences for employment and financial stability in australia in the absence of emergency action to reduce australian and global emissions far faster than currently proposed the level of disruption and conflict will escalate to the point that outright regional chaos is likely militarised solutions will be ineffective australia is failing in its duty to its people and as a world citizen by playing down these implications and shirking its responsibility to act bushfires that destroy property and lives are increasingly regular across australia bushfires that destroy property and lives are increasingly regular across australia photo jason south nonetheless people understand climate risks even as their political leaders underplay or ignore them about 84 per cent of 8000 people in eight countries surveyed recently for the global challenges foundation consider climate change a global catastrophic risk the result for australia was 75 per cent many people see climate change as a bigger threat than epidemics weapons of mass destruction and the rise of artificial intelligence what is to be done if our leaders are incapable of rising to the task the new normal residents paddle down a street in murwillumbah in march after heavy rains led to flash flooding photo jason o brien first establish a high level climate and conflict taskforce in australia to urgently assess the existential risks and develop risk management techniques and policies appropriate to that challenge second recognise that climate change is an global emergency that threatens civilisation and push for a global coordinated practical emergency response we only play this game once so we must get it right first time third launch an emergency initiative to decarbonise australia s economy no later than 2030 and build the capacity to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere fourth help to build more resilient communities domestically and in the most vulnerable nations regionally build a flexible capacity to support communities in likely hot spots of instability and conflict and rethink refugee policies accordingly young children walk through debris in vanuata after cyclone pam hit in 2015 photo unicef fifth ensure that australia s military and government agencies are fully aware of and prepared for this changed environment and improve their ability to provide aid and disaster relief sixth establish a national leadership group outside conventional politics and drawn from across society to implement the climate emergency program a pious hope in today s circumstances our leaders clearly do not want the responsibility to secure our future so everything becomes possible particularly when it is unavoidable ian dunlop was an international oil gas and coal industry executive chairman of the australian coal association and chief executive of the australian institute of company 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