Noah’s Global Warming Ark

The story goes that in biblical times Noah was commanded by God to build a great Ark and then gather two of each living creature on earth to the Ark to avoid the coming destruction of all of humanity, save righteous Noah and his family, for their errant ways.

For forty days and nights it rained. The Ark came to rest on Mount Ararat in what is now modern-day Turkey, and for Noah, his family, and all the animals – two by two – the world began again.

Using the symbolism of the story of Noah’s Ark, environmental activists are building their own Ark in the foothills of the same mountain in eastern Turkey where the original Ark is said to have finally landed.

The volunteers are attempting to complete the Ark by the end of the month in order to coincide with the G8 summit the following week in Germany. High on the agenda for the summit will be discussions of climate change and global warming.

The purpose of the Ark project is to send a message to political leaders that decisive action is urgently needed to avoid a worldwide catastrophe of, well, biblical proportions.

Says Wolfgang Sadik of Greenpeace, who is behind the project; “The aim is to put on Mount Ararat a memorial, a warming sign that also gives hope, to shake up the world and to say that if we don’t react now it is too late.”

Meanwhile, US officials continue to object to the current draft of a global warming declaration proposed by German Chancellor Angela Merkel. The declaration calls for limiting the worldwide average temperature increase this century to 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit and reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 50 percent from 1990 levels by 2050.

The Bush administration has consistently rejected the idea of mandatory caps on emissions and instead proposes using “advanced technology” to solve the global warming crisis.

We’ll be sure to keep Hugg.ca readers abreast of developments as the G8 summit meets the week after next.

Until then, look to the Ark!

Source Material:
Reuters
San Francisco Chronicle

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