Well hello there, I hope you enjoyed finding one of our cards. Below you will find facts and references explaining our lyrics. If all this information makes you feel very sad and scared about the future, join the eXtinction Rebellion! Go along to your local meeting, because you are not alone. Together we can force change, because there is hope. There are solutions to all these problems, its just going to take everyday people saying enough is enough. Merry Christmas!
On the Last Day of Christmas The System gave to me………
A CLIMATE EMERGENCY!
We demand that the government declare a climate emergency
Two ice caps a melting
The Arctic is predicted to be free of ice by 2040
Thirty years til starving
The UK is now only 30-40 years away from total loss of soil fertility
Four degrees C warmer
We are on course for 4°C of warming by 2100…1.5°C is the maximum acceptable limit
LOTS OF PLASTIC THINGS!
8 000 000 pieces of plastic pollution find their way into the ocean every year
Six in ten are dying
Since 1970, 60% of animal populations have been destroyed
Seven lands a-warring
Climate change is a known driver for armed conflict
Eight million hectares felling
7.3 million hectares of forest are lost each year, and the rate of loss is increasing
Nine feet sea rising
Global sea levels could rise by 3 meters this century in worst case scenarios
Number 10 ignoring
The 2018 budget did not mention climate change, and gave subsidies to fossil fuel infrastructure
Eleven wells a-fracking
There are currently 11 active or planned fracking sites in the UK
Twelve years and counting
The world’s leading climate scientists have warned there are only a dozen years for global warming to be kept within 1.5°C, beyond which the risk of long-lasting and irreversible global changes is high.
THE 12 DAYS OF CLIMATE CRISIS 