Environment group to launch climate change campaign

Friends of the Earth Malta will be launching its climate change campaign at City Gate in Valletta tomorrow, joining Friends of the Earth groups in 17 countries across Europe.

FoE Malta will be explaining how individuals can take part in European wide actions to kerb climate change.

It said climate change is the single biggest environmental threat facing the planet. Burning too much coal, oil and gas increases the greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, which in turn heats up the planet.

Even in the short run, the impact of climate change will be disproportionately bad for the countries that have had the least to do with adding carbon to the atmosphere, it said.

It called for relief to be provided as quickly as possible, before food and water problems in the developing world reach critical levels.

FoE believes that the only way to avoid the worst effects of climate change is to act promptly and on a large scale. Waiting to see if things really turn out as badly as predicted would mean missing the last chance to ensure that children will inherit a liveable world.

Local bands will be playing live music during the event, which will start at 4 p.m. www.foemalta.org