What is climate change and why is it important?
What is climate change and why is it important?
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Climate change, according to the United Nations (UN), is “the defining issue of our time and we are at a defining moment. From shifting weather patterns that threaten food production, to rising sea levels that increase the risk of catastrophic flooding, the impacts of climate change are global in scope and unprecedented in scale.”
Climate change is caused by the increase of greenhouse gasses in the Earth’s atmosphere. Although greenhouse gasses occur naturally and are crucial for life on Earth, since they are good absorbers of the sun’s light, which keep the Earth warm, the number of greenhouse gasses in the atmosphere has been rising and breaking records.
This is crucial because according to the National Centre for Atmospheric Science (NCAS), “climate affects nearly every aspect of our lives, from our food sources to our transport infrastructure, from what clothes we wear, to where we go on holiday. It has a huge effect on our livelihoods, our health, and our future.”
What we can do is to understand the importance of climate change and how we can prepare for the future. We can try to reduce activities, such as the burning of fossil fuels, that release greenhouse gasses.
https://ncas.ac.uk/learn/why-is-climate-important/
Grace C. Liu - 12/16/2021
How does women empowerment affect climate change?
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