Statement by Eliza Cava, Conservation Director for the Audubon Naturalist Society on the new report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC):
“We might get horribly sad and mad about the news in the IPCC’s report out today. And that’s okay. In our grief, though, we have an opportunity to think about all we can save – all the animals, plants, places, and humans that we must work our tails off to bring through this crisis as whole as possible. And every action to reduce emissions matters – because every tenth of a degree of warming is worse than the one before. There is nothing too small or too large to do, especially if we do them together. In coming weeks, ANS will be speaking to thousands of members and supporters about the IPCC report and all that we can save. We also, will continue to join our friends in defeating Governor Hogan’s ill-advised Beltway expansion plan, which will only exacerbate the climate crisis in our region.”
Eliza Cava, ANS Conservation Director, is available for additional comment and an interview: [email protected]
Caroline Brewer, Director of Marketing, Communications and Media, can be reached at [email protected]
Additional resources:
- Links to the IPCC report and articles about it.
IPCC Report: We’re Going to Pass the 1.5° Climate Threshold | Time - Our own Climate Crisis response plan, including what people can do in their lives and in activism Climate Change | Climate Crisis | Audubon Naturalist Society (anshome.org)
- Coming up Wednesday, August 11, ANS’s Advocacy 101 Workshop, which still has space, for people looking for savvy ways to help save our planet.Conservation & Environmental Advocacy 101 | Audubon Naturalist Society (anshome.org)
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