Imagine waking up one morning and the world you know has changed completely. Perhaps like The Day After Tomorrow movie did.

Now, a new report has been released that says we are nudging the upper limits to what our global eco system can stand, and remain stable. Greenhouse gas emissions, they say must be reduced or an irreversible climatic shift is imminent.

Who says so? Well, 1,600 scientists met in Copenhagen a few months ago in order to assess the current state of our planet’s health. They have now released a Synthesis Report of this conference and you can download it here

One of its contributors is Professor Steffen from the Australian National university. He says time is running out to implement meaningful cuts in emissions.

“If we want to keep temperatures below two degrees – which is an often quoted guardrail – we pretty much need to see our emissions peak within the next six to 10 years and then drop very quickly after that,” he said.

Will humanity wait for this to happen or will we take the required steps to reduce our emissions?

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