How We Can and Will Stop Climate Change
If we want to stop climate change, scientists agree that we need to cut our global warming emisisssions by 80 percent by 2050.
That might sound like a lot, but it translates to a reduction of only two percent a year, if we start now.
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A study prepared by the American Solar Energy Association and the Sierra Club documents that we can stay on that two percent a year downward emissions path simply by deploying exisiting technologies and increasing efficiency. Add in new natural gas resources and potential new technologies like carbon sequestration, and it become clear that the goal is economically and scientifically achievable. We just need political leadership and will.
For the full story on how we really can solve the problem of global warming, watch our Smart Energy Solutions presentation. (Flash)
When you're done, let us know you're ready to do your part by signing our petition for a 2% Solution.
 Tackling Climate Change in the U.S. - Potential U.S. Carbon Emissions Reductions from Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency by 2030: a report issued jointly by the American
Solar Energy Society (ASES) and the Sierra Club.
For the full story on how we really can solve the problem of global warming, watch our Smart Energy Solutions presentation. (Flash)
The Sierra Club's press release about the report, January 31 2007.
"Climate Exchange: Cool Heads Tackle Our Hottest Issue," from Sierra magazine, an account of the December 2006 meeting of a "climate brain trust."
Video clips from our December 2006 Climate Exchange forum.
The Sierra Club's Global Warming and Energy campaign.
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