Write your own letter

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“Our most important tool as activists is our ability to communicate effectively. Writing to politicians and representatives and letters to the editor is key to the climate movement. Check out this useful guide to help you with both.”

What our world will be like for humans living in the centuries after the fossil fuel age depends on how quickly we make the transition to a carbon-neutral society.

The longer the transition takes, the higher the global temperatures will be - with serious effects on the habitability of our cities and towns, on human health and on the survival chances of many species of plants and animals.

The longer the transition takes, the higher the sea levels will be - with serious effects on the viability of harbour-side cities, on the survival of island communities in the Pacific and Indian Oceans, and on the food producing capacities of Earth’s low lying deltas and flood plains.

The longer the transition takes, the greater the frequency of catastrophic weather events, resulting in storm and flood destruction of infrastructure and buildings, in bushfires that destroy towns, forests and farmlands, in massive costs of insurance and restoration and in the traumatic loss of human life.

The longer the transition takes, the greater the risk of international tensions involving trade wars, access to food and water resources, famine and starvation.

Our current laws and regulations are inadequate and out-of-date leaving us unable to deal with the issue. ADAC therefore asks our lawmakers to please help making the changes required.

In the words of the United Nations' International Panel on Climate Change: "It is now or never".

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