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On Monday evening, International Affairs journalist, Gwynne Dyer, spoke to Concordia students about the effects of climate change.

He said that if the global temperature rises by two degrees, human kind is in big trouble. This could happen in just 20 to 25 years.

Dyer said that once we’re there, even if we turn off all of our emissions, there will be literally nothing we can do; there will be no turning back.

At the current rate, the earth is looking at an ice-free arctic by 2030.

That means sunlight will no longer be reflected by ice, but rather, it wll be absorbed by the water. According to Dyer, this will drastically reduce global food supply especially for countries close to the equator.

Mexico, for instance will not be able to feed their booming population, and may have to mass immigrate to the US. But, in this doomsday scenario outlined by Dyer, the US would close their borders completely. Across the world, wars would break out between countries that share rivers, and those upstream like here in Canada will try to hold their precious natural resources.

What has led to this crisis, according to Dyer? Burning fossil fuels for two hundred years.

But don’t panic, there is still a chance to save the planet, he said. We jest need to act fast.

Dyer finished with a warning, “If we had time, we could fix this without breaking a sweat, the issue is, we don’t have time.”

CJLO Radio is giving away dowble passes to the 7pm, Thursday December 15th screening of My Week with Marilyn.

My Week with Marilyn stars Michelle Williams as the sensational Marilyn Monroe, Kenneth Branagh as Sir Laurence Olivier and Eddie Redmayne as Colin Clark. The film features the story surronding Marilyn and Laurence Olivier as they filmed the movie The Prince and the Showgirl.

Tweet, post a comment to facebook or send an email to contest[at]cjlo[dot]com with the tag #CJLOMonroe to be entered for your chance to win one double pass to the screening.

Older vehicles will have mandatory emissions testing in Quebec.

Bill forty-eight was introduced at the national assembly by the Charest government on Wednesday. It’s part of the provincial measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and to improve air quality.

This legislation allows the government to require a vehicle to be tested before registration documents are issued. The testing will mainly affect cars that are eight years and older. Quebec’s automobile insurance board will refuse to issue registration plates if the car is too polluting.

Similar inspections are already mandatory in seven other Canadian provinces and forty American states. Greenhouse gases cause two thousand premature deaths annually according to the Canadian Medical Association.

CJLO is looking for a new look to kick off our first annual funding drive in March 2012

  The rules are simple:

 1. Create a design that includes “CJLO 1690 AM” in it (it will be printed on an American Apparel Classic t-shirt).

  2. Submit your t-shirt concept to contest@cjlo.com as a .psd file.

If your design is chosen, you will receive a deluxe CJLO prize pack as well as name publication on www.cjlo.com.

Happy designing!