Carbon dioxide emissions, the biggest cause of global warming, are now rising at more than 2 percent a year. The longer measures to reduce carbon emissions are postponed the more drastic those measures will need to be.

With 2007 predicted to be our hottest year yet there are grave fears for the polar bear who live only in the Arctic and whos habitat is dissappearing at a rate of a million square miles a year with much shorter cold seasons.

Polar bears are likely to be given extra protection under US law as a ‘threatened’ species, however the best protection these animals (and many others) can have is from all of us reducing our carbon emissions.

Next time you leave a light burning unnecessarily, think about the polar bears. The next time you buy a product, look at its energy efficiency and think about the polar bears. And next time a politician isn’t crystal clear that the planet has a problem that needs fixing, vote with your paw.

Source Greenpeace