101 degrees Fahrenheit
It's the hottest day ever recorded
700 people are now feared dead after the strongest ever recorded day's rainfall in India's history
Now, it's official, the past year has been the driest in Melbourne's history
The desert is advancing at the phenomenal rate of 3 miles every year
Dozens of Antarctic ice shelves collapsing faster than anyone's predicted
18 countries are underwater
1 and a half million people are affected
Extraordinary to think that these are the Alps
In December
[...] is across the Alps
There is a dramatic lack of snow
And excessively warm temperatures
It is a glimpse into the future
More than half the ski resorts in Europe would shut down in the next 50 years because of global warming
It is our fault
After years of debate, some of the world's top scientist
Unequivocally
Is the word they used
Human activity is
Contributing to the Earth's climate
And that issue is no longer up to debate
In Adamant
They've covered a glacier with a special protective sheet
To reduce it's summer melt
Despite all the effort to control pollution and its effect on our climate
The level of green house gas emissions has reached a record high
And shows no signs of being reversed
Despite the Kyoto treaty
And all the talk of reducing emissions of carbon dioxide
Levels of this key green house gas are rising faster than ever
To have a state of sustainability
Where we remain within the reproductive capacity of the planet
Means that people in industrialized countries are gonna have to give up consumption of a great deal
In order to create the ecological space for needed growth in the third world
If we don't make those kinds of compromises then we're going to continue to erode the planet to the point where we all suffer
The Earth is dying