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Climate Emergency Declaration

Are we, as the IET, declaring a climate emergency? 

It's really that simple a topic, should we be adding our professional voice to the growing number of countries and organisations declaring such an event, to bring better awareness of the threat of the climate crisis and to encourage more discussion in addressing it! 

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  • There is no climate emergency.

    Sea levels have remained constant for 165 years at 1.3mm rise per year due to natural polar ice melting and a slightly warming planet. All totally natural.

  • Global average sea level has risen about 101 mm (about 4 inches) since 1993 as a result of human-caused global warming, with recent rates being unprecedented over the past 2,500-plus years.

    For reference, 101 mm (4 inches) of sea level rise is like covering the U.S. in about 16 feet (about 5 meters) of water.

    That's from NASA climate change division 

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  • For reference, 101 mm (4 inches) of sea level rise is like covering the U.S. in about 16 feet (about 5 meters) of water.

    An atmospheric low will lift up the sea locally by a good bit more than 4 inches and tidal ranges of 16 feet are hardly unusual.

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  • For reference, 101 mm (4 inches) of sea level rise is like covering the U.S. in about 16 feet (about 5 meters) of water.

    An atmospheric low will lift up the sea locally by a good bit more than 4 inches and tidal ranges of 16 feet are hardly unusual.

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