“Mickael destructive hurricanes Jackson”, “Mylène failures of the Sustainable Development Goals Farmer”, “Elisabeth massive floods Borne”… The NGO The Arctic Risk Platform, which works to raise awareness among world leaders of the effects of climate change on the Arctic Circle and as a result, launched a campaign with name changes.
Thanks to a name generator related to global warming and its devastating effects, the site offers Internet users a greener civility.
Thus, Léa Salamé becomes "Léa contaminated water reservoir Salamé" in one click on the association's website.
The goal of this awareness campaign is to get people to change their name on social media.
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One of the main actors of the iconic series
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, Rainn Wilson (who played Dwight), joined the event.
Its name is now "Rainnfall Heatwave Rising Sea Levels Wilson", which could be translated as "Showers heatwave rising sea levels Wilson".
A somewhat long denomination but whose objective is to surprise, mark and not settle on identity cards.
"Don't forget to change your name on social networks to create an impact", underlines the NGO.
On November 9, a study showed that the thinning of the Greenland ice cap is occurring more inland than expected, which will probably aggravate sea level rise and therefore the threat to populations. coasts of the globe.
And as “Arctic Risks” notes, “what happens in the Arctic doesn't stay there” and will have consequences around the world.
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