Divest Douglas County Nebraska from Fossil Fuel Investments

The faster emissions are reduced, the lower the risks posed by climate change.
Delays in reducing emissions could commit the planet to a wide range of adverse impacts, especially if the sensitivity of the climate to greenhouse gases is
on the higher end of the estimated range.
• Waiting for unacceptable impacts to occur before taking action is imprudent
because the effects of greenhouse gas emissions do not fully manifest themselves for decades and, once manifested, many of these changes will persist for
hundreds or even thousands of years.
• The sooner that serious efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions proceed,
the less pressure there will be to make steeper (and thus likely more expensive) emission reductions later.