Google Earth Zooms In On Dangerous Climate Change

Google Earth Zooms In On Dangerous Climate Change

A new interactive Google Earth map showing the impacts of a 4°C world was launched today by the British Government.

Pushing the barriers with Google Earth technology, this multi platform, interactive map highlights some of the changes that may occur if the global average temperature rises by 4°C.

Google Earth lends a human face to climate science by featuring videos of climate scientists from the UK explaining the latest scientific research .

The online Google Earth map is available at www.fco.gov.uk/4degrees

The UK Government is committed to keeping global temperatures as low as practical to avoid dangerous levels of climate change and is working to secure an ambitious global deal. The Copenhagen Accord already commits countries to limiting average global temperature increases to 2°C.

Foreign Office Minister, Henry Bellingham, said, “The threat from climate change has not gone away and this Government is committed to doing what it can to take action. We are committed to being the 'greenest' Government ever. “

In New Zealand, Jonathon Boston, the Director of the Institute of Policy Studies at Victoria University said “the Google Earth Map highlights why the International Community needs to take climate change seriously. New Zealand as a developed economy with high per capita emissions has a moral responsibility to act assertively.”

Google’s Ed Parson said, "This is a great example of the benefits of using the latest web technology to visualise scientific information and promote better understanding of the potential human impacts of climate change.”

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