PROTECTING THE GLOBAL TEMPERATURE RISE
Since the Paris Agreement came into force in 2016, efforts have been made by international communities to keep the global temperature below 1.5 ° C.
If the Earth warms just 1.5 ° C more than the pre-industrial averages, we will face irreversible destruction. Increasing greenhouse gas emissions with fossil fuel consumption have already begun to confront us with the most difficult process that humanity has ever faced!
More than 80% of the world’s total energy consumption still comes from fossil fuels. And the pollution from this fuel is unfortunately very harmful to our planet, and this damage is mostly irreversible. We, as MİLRES, seek to create a world that works with green energy. Balance must be maintained and the temperature of our world must not be disturbed. Unfortunately, 1.5 °, which appears to be a very small number, will end our world.
RENEWABLE ENERGIES FROM FOSSIL FUELS
We believe we can do something to mitigate the consequences of climate change, because more than one-third of global carbon emissions arise from energy production.
With this belief, we started our journey by turning our face to the wind and building a turbine in the 2000s.
WHAT HAPPENS IF IT INCREASES BY 1.5°?
If you look at the global warming data, you can see that the average temperatures vary around 0.75-1.5 degrees. So, what does this value, we do not care about, affect?
A temperature increase of 1 degree does not create a noticeable change in the first place. However, in the regions of the world sensitive to temperature changes, 1 degree means a tremendous difference. Especially in areas with frozen water (ice). In these regions, ice is often found very close to its melting point. Therefore, a change of 1 degree will be sufficient to disturb the balance towards the melting of a significant part of the glaciers. Greenland, for example, is covered with a layer of ice that reaches miles in some places. However, nowadays, especially in the summer, these ice started to melt in places because the temperatures can reach higher values than before. If all of these glaciers in Greenland melt, the average sea level could rise up to 7 meters. This means destructive floods in many cities of the world, such as our cities as Istanbul and Izmir.
Another dangerous consequence of this temperature change will be sudden weather changes – which we already feel!
Another critical problem of that 1 degree temperature increase is that many are unaware of, but farmers are well acquainted with: sudden temperature changes and sudden precipitation.
Long, hot summers without a drop of rain, harsher winters could mean that many temperature-sensitive seeds are destroyed in just a few hours.
“Well, if we are warming globally, isn’t it good if it is cold?” No! The fact that the weather is colder in a certain part of the world does not mean that the temperature has stabilized and remains the same on a global scale. As we mentioned, heat is starting to accumulate more in certain parts of the planet, and the overall average goes up. This causes the temperature to reach extremes in both directions due to global climate change: Both hot weather and very cold weather… This imbalance negatively affects many economies and living creatures on a global scale.
Therefore, saying “The temperatures in our city are not increasing, but decreasing, so global climate change is a lie.” is like saying “The side of the ship we are on is not going to the bottom of the water, on the contrary, it goes up, so the ship is not sinking.” because one side of a sinking ship is higher than the water.
The situation is very serious and requires urgent action.