Cut the carbon

Heard a very interesting talk from Christian Aid today. A very brief precis is that the effects of global warming will have the most significant impact on those parts of the world who can least afford to deal with it - namely the least developed nations. Global warming will result in increased sea levels in areas like Bangladesh causing 18% of the country to flood, and increased desertification of the sahara regions reducing productive land areas, to name but two effects. For more info visit http://www.christian-aid.org.uk/indepth/0702_climate/missingcarbon.pdf

It's very easy to think of how global warming etc effects us, especially after a very warm and wet winter and some of the warmest April days I can remember, but it's good to be reminded of how other parts of the world are already being affected. And when you consider how much of the CO2 is generated in the affluent west (and has been since the industrial revolution) it seems very unfair. About time the UK and the other western nations really started doing something to curb the effects of global warming.

Meanwhile we'll continue to do our bit. Intetesting to note that in the last 3 months we've had our milk delivered by the milkman in glass bottles and we've collected a box full of plastic bottles from other things. Prior to that we were buying milk in plastic cartons and were filling the box every couple of weeks, so it's good to see that plastic consumption has reduced. Must try harder though!