2020: A CRITICAL YEAR FOR OUR FUTURE AND FOR THE CLIMATE

• Climate change is here and this is what it looks like: more frequent flooding in the central US, a longer and more costly wildfire season in California, and droughts across the Great Plains
• The good news is that global momentum around climate change is building toward a crescendo
• Hundreds of thousands of people from all walks of life, including students, teachers, communities of faith, health care professionals are taking to the streets to demand climate action
• More than 500 global companies have committed to set climate goals based on the best available science
• There is a silver lining in the climate fight: In countries like the United States, Japan, Argentina, Mexico, and others, businesses and local governments are working with national leaders to back up climate pledges
• One significant obstacle is the United States’ federal government’s continued efforts to undermine climate and conservation activities, including an announcement to withdraw from the Paris Agreement

from: https://www.worldwildlife.org/stories/2020-a-critical-year-for-our-future-and-for-the-climate