San Fransisco, USA – Hurricane Florence, reduced from a category 4 to category 2 storm, is forecast to strike the US east coast on Friday. Super Typhoon Mangkhut, one of the strongest storms of the year, is forecast to hit the north of the Philippines by the weekend before threatening Hong Kong and Macau.
Speaking from the Global Climate Action Summit (GCAS) in San Francisco, Greenpeace International Executive Director Jennifer Morgan said:
“We have arrived at the moment of truth. Climate change is here and it’s big and dangerous. Super Typhoon Mangkhut and Hurricane Florence are the latest grim examples of the dangers the changing climate might pose. But let’s not forget there is still hope, and the IPCC’s special report on 1.5 degrees must guide our response. The question is, who will take up the reigns of climate leadership and take the action that’s needed? We have no time to waste.
“It is critical that this summit sends a powerful signal about what climate leadership, in 2018, truly means. Our climate is changing and the future dangers scientists warned us about are here and now.
“We’ve lost precious time through denial and insufficient action from political leaders and companies and we’re now running up against the clock. We’re at the 11th hour and in urgent need for climate leadership and action before it truly is too late.”
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