Global Warming
No one knows the implications of global warming for sure. Global warming could lead to significantly raised sea levels, and flooding of some areas or even whole countries.
Global warming could also lead to more significant weather extremes (storms and droughts).
These outcomes could occur within our lifetimes. They could be happening already. Recent weather extremes all over the world such as devastating storms like Katrina might already be signs of global warming.
The implications of global warming are hard to assess because our environment is changing all the time and some changes are cyclical. What appears to beyond doubt however is that global temperatures are increasing, and that the rate of temperature increase is unprecedented in the world’s known history.
It is also the case that mankind only started releasing vast amounts of greenhouse gases relatively recently.
Greenhouse gases are those that contribute to the 'greenhouse effect', trapping heat from the sun in the earth's atmosphere. Carbon dioxide (CO2) is the main greenhouse gas, but there are a number of others including methane (CH4) and Nitrous Oxide (N2O).
Scientists point to a vast amount of analysis indicating that the greenhouse gases are causing the warming that has been measured. Even if there is a chance they are wrong, many people and organisations - including Wild Again - don’t believe this is a chance worth taking. We believe something should, and can, be done about greenhouse gases now.
CO2 emissions are the biggest part of the problem. Each time we heat or light our homes, take a flight or drive a car, CO2 is added into the atmosphere. CO2 is released when fossil fuels such as oil, gas and coal are burnt.
We can all take steps to reduce the amount of CO2 we produce, and we can offset the rest. Offsetting means doing something to reduce CO2 in the atmosphere, or paying someone to do it on your behalf. In that way we can fix the damage we are causing.
Reforestation is a great way to offset CO2 emissions. As forests grow they absorb CO2 and store that CO2 for the long term. Reforestation also provides other benefits such as rebuilding wildlife habitats and protecting against erosion and desertification.
Wild Again is an organisation that aims to reduce the level of CO2 in the atmosphere by reforestation, and in doing so help in the fight against global warming.
Our projects make real reductions in CO2 that would not have happened otherwise.
Wild Again was created so that individuals and organisations can do something literally today. Each contribution to Wild Again will directly decrease the accumulation of CO2 in the atmosphere by buying land and paying for the planting of trees on that land.
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It’s not hopeless and it’s not too late. You can do something to start turning this around right now.
Just £4 will purchase about 100 square metres of deforested land. This will help fight global warming by absorbing up to 100 kg of carbon dioxide per year.