ClimateChange

TableOfContents

1.0
Whatisclimatechange?________________________________________________2
1.1Whataregreenhousegasesandhowdotheyaffectourearth?_________________2
1.2Howcanwereducetheemissionsofthegreenhousegases?____________________3
1.3Howtheclimatechangeincreasesthetemperatureofourearth?______________3
1.4
Whatarethemainfactorsofclimatechange?_____________________________4
1.5Whataretheeffectsofclimatechange?___________________________________4
1.6Howdohumanscontributetocauseclimatechange?_________________________5
1.7Whataretherolesplayedbyhumanstoreducetheclimatechange?____________5
1.8Whatarethemostaffectedcountriesbyclimatechange?_____________________6
1.9Howdoesclimatechangeaffectthehumanshealth?________________________7
2.0Whatarethesolutionsthathavebeendiscovered?__________________________7
2.1Howsomecountriesarecontributingtoreducetheclimatechange?___________8
2.2ClimaterisksandthelatestIPCCreport__________________________________9
2.3Vulnerabilitytoclimatechange__________________________________________9
2.4Whatistheoptimisticscenarioofreducingclimatechange?__________________9
2.5Perspectives_________________________________________________________10

2.6Conclusion___________________________________________________________10
2.7References___________________________________________________________11

ClimateChange

How have humans caused climate change? What actions should we take to maintain
balanceoftechnologicaladvancementandpollution?

1.0Whatisclimatechange?

Climate change isalongterm changeinthestatisticsofweatherincludingitsaverageinaparticularregion.For

example, it will occur as a change in the normal climate,there will beunexpectedriseinthevaluesoftheearth
temperature in a particular place.Havinganawarenessofclimatechangewillallowpeopletobemoreawareof
the environment and be able to understand the problems it will bring, such as increase in the temperature and
pollution as a result of greenhouse gases emissions. Nowadays, the scientists are attempting to find various
solutions to the climate change that can be applied to the factories,cars and any object that consumes fossil
fuels.Theydiscoveredmanythingsthatlimittheemissionsoftheharmfulgasesintotheair.
The reason why I decided to write a report on this topic was because I was baffled as to why climate change
happens and how we can stop it in our world today. Ive always been a firm believer in the saying Forevery
problem theres a challenge, for everychallengethereisa solution.WordsbeautifullysaidbyJoshuaChupp.I
really do believe that there are solutions to the fight againstclimatechange.Inmyreport,Iwillwriteaboutthe
problemsthatcomewithclimatechangeandexplorethewaysinwhichwecanputanendtoit.

1.1Whataregreenhousegasesandhowdotheyaffectourearth?

Greenhouse gases are the most dangerous gases that areaffectingourplanet.Theyarecausedintheproduction

of electricity,as a result of industrial burning reactions,burning of fossil fuels in all ways of transportation and
trapped rubbish that release methane gas. Moreover, they are also caused as a result of agriculture, land use,
forestry,commercial and residential usage. Furthermore,they are one of the factors of the holes in the ozone
layer. This ozone layer protects the earth from the UV light that is produced by the sunlight. If there is too
much UV light that passes from the ozone layer. With too much UV light there will be a change in our DNA
therefore creating cancerous cells, causing the disease cancer to develop in our body. This process has been
scientificallyproventobecalledmutation.

Another effect that this will have on us is an increased amount ofglobalwarming.Globalwarminghasalways

been linked to greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide and fluorinated gases, when
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these gases are trapped into the atmosphere they are very dangerous and cause an increase in desertification,
meltingofsnowandice,riseinsealevelsandstrongerstormsandextremeevents.Thesefactorswillthenaffect
humansandanimals,bothpersonallyandglobally.

1.2Howtoreducetheemissionsofthegreenhousegases?

The scientist attempt to find various solutions to decrease the rate of the greenhouse gases emissions in the
atmosphere.Thesearesomestepstakentodecreasethegreenhousegasesemissions.
In modern power stations, the waste gases are treated with slaked lime.this removes the sulfur dioxide by
reacting with it to give calcium sulfur which is a friendly gas to our environment. This process called fluegas
desulfurisation.
Most countries have now banned lead in petrol because lead
emissions is much less of problems. But it can still arise from
plantswhereleadisextracted,andfrombatteryfactories.
The exhausts of new cars are fitted with catalytic convertor that
absorbs the harmful gases from burning of the fuel onto the
surfaceofcatalyst,wheretheyreacttoformharmlessgases

1.3 How the climate changeincreasesthetemperatureofour

earth?
As a result of the effect of greenhouse gases on our earth the level of thecarbondioxidegasesincreasesinthe
atmosphere. This will leads to more heat that will be stored in the atmosphere and theearthstemperaturewill
rise. Our planet has been warmed in the past century by an averageofalmost1
C.Itdoesntmeananythingfor
usbecauseitisjust1
C.
Unfortunately,ithasmadeahugeimpactonaglobalscale.Besidesthat,itcreatesmany
difficultiesandproblemsforhumans,wildlifeandenvironment.

TheeffectoftheGreenhousegasesonourearth
Figure 1 (the first image to the right) illustrates how the greenhouse gases allow the sunlight to pass through
from the atmosphere and after that these gases do not allow the heat from the sunlight to be released from the
atmosphere and it will cause an increase in the earths
temperature.

Figure 2 (second image to the right) explains the

increase in the Earth's temperature whentheemissionsof
the greenhouse gases and the emissions of the carbon
dioxideincreased.

1.4Whatarethemainfactorsofclimatechange?

Most factors of the climate change are known , but some

of factors are not known yet. The most prominent factor
of the climate change is the greenhouse gases,such as
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carbon dioxide,methane,water vapour, nitrous oxide and fluorinated gases that emit from the industries as a
result of burning fossil fuels. Thesegasesactlikeacoveraroundtheearth. Theylettheheattopassthroughthe
atmosphere,and then they do not allow the heat to be discharged from the atmosphere back to the space. This
will then lead to climate change.Moreover, the increased amount of deforestation in recent years isalsooneof
the causes of climate change.Forests play an important role in thecarbon cycleonourplanetandtheystorethe
carboninthetrees.
When a tree is cut down, the carbon absorption willstopandthecarbonstoredinthe treeswillbereleasedinto
the atmosphere as carbon dioxide.It is estimated that more than 1.5 billiontonsofcarbondioxideis emittedto
theatmospherebydeforestationandaround30millionsforestsandwoodlandsarelosteveryyear.

1.5Whataretheeffectsofclimatechange?

As a result of climate change, there will be unusual change of our earth it will globally affect many of the
worlds polar creatures. The ice glaciers and ice sheets are slowly starting to melt in the Arctic that willcause
many fallouts such as increase in oceans level which in turn influences weatherandclimate.Inadditiontothat,
sea levels are risingandtheoceansarebecomingwarmer.Climatechangecausesanelementarythreattoplaces,
species and people.This will nationally cause a big fallout. More extreme and uncommon weather will be
occurring as a consequence of the increase in the temperature that significantly alters our planet. Forexample,
theheatwavesarebecomingcontinualandmanyplacesare experiencinglackofrainandthensuddenly,intense
rainfall.
Climate change will cause desertification water shortage in the areas where the water is rare which results in
deserts becoming drier than the past. There will be also strong storms and winds.These effects will nationally
affect the country. Furthermore,the earlier maturity of plants will lead to an increased rate of allergy and
asthma. This can be seen as a personal effect. These are the main effects of climate change but there are also
plentyofeffectsthatresultbyclimatechange,butnotasimportantastheonesmentioned.

1.6Howdohumanscontributetocauseclimatechange?

Humanitybeing the most responsible cause of theclimatechange.Withouremissionsandtheburningof fossil

fuels we have created many unnerving situation towards our Earth,it has been reported that over the last few
decades,90% of the climate change iscausedbyhumans(us).Fuelburningcausesmoregreenhousestoformin
the atmosphere.Then the atmosphere will be full of gases and the temperature will increase.It will personally
affect us. Scientists observed that for many hundred thousands of years,the changeintemperaturehaveclosely
tracked with the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. By reason of Industrial Revolution,the
burning of oil,coal and natural gas has emitted approximately 1.5 billions tons of carbon dioxide,about half of
the remaining in the atmosphere. The carbon dioxide is thebiggestfactorthatisresponsiblefor climatechange
causedbyhuman.Fossilfuelsemissionscomprisethelargestsourceoftheincrease.
Clearing forests also release enormous amounts of carbon dioxide. On top of that, plants and trees use the
forests to grow. Nowadays we do not have as many trees to absorb the extra carbon dioxide,so more carbon
dioxidestaysintheatmosphere,trappingmoreheat.

1.7Whataretherolesplayedbyhumanstoreducetheclimatechange?

The climate change is happening against our environment that we are living in,so every single thing that will
happen to our environment will be reflected onto us. Our environment is like a body andtheclimatechangeis
like a disease. If you have a sickness in your body you will try to find the appropriate solution the canmake
you return normal again,if not, you will suffer all your life. The same thing happens to people if theywantto
reduce theclimatechangetheyshouldbeenergyefficient.Beingenergyefficientisnotjustbyswitchingoffthe
light. People should also change the type of light bulbs that have been used into LED light bulbsthatdoesnot
consume much energy compared to the normal light. LED lights have a long life span which meanspeopledo
not have to do maintainance.It is also safer sinceitusesalowvoltage,envionmentfriendlybecausethelighting
form does not contain much much mercury and other harmful gases and the fast switching that makes them
useful as a flashing sign and automotive lights . Moreover, ithasamuchsmallersizethattheotherlightsbulbs
that give a boon to the LED lights by making them ideal for fitting into a small places where the other bulbs
haveadifficultytoreachthere.
Usingrenewableenergy willalsobeusefulifthepeoplestartusingit,becauseitdoesnotproducetheenergyby
burningfossilfuels.Itmostlyproducestheenergyfromthesunlight,windmovementandwater.
As the humans are the main factor of causing climate change . They should find a plenty of solution for it
because all of these changes is affecting us and it is as a cycle. Humans should eat wisely.Buy organic and
locally food andavoid processeditems.Thepeoplecangrowsomeoftheirownfood.Moreover,theyshould eat
low on the food chain,at least one meal without meat a day.18% of the greenhouse gas emissionsproducedby
themanufactureofmeatanddairy.
The wastage should decrease since the garbage placed in landfills emits methane,carbon dioxide,nitrogen and
watervapour.Theseemittedgasesaremainlygreenhousegasesthatisharmfulforusandourenvironment.
Flyingisanissuenowadaysbecauseinsomecountriessuchas,DenmarkandUnitedKingdom.

They are trying to minimize the air travel from andtotheircountriesbecausetheairplanesarereleasingahuge

amounts of carbon dioxide. People ought consider about alternative options suchasbuses,trainsorvacationing
closer to their houses. Now technology is developing by humans in order to decrease or find solutions for the
climate change. Videoconference programmes suchasSkype,iChat,FacetimeandImothatallowpeopletokeep
intouchtoeachotherwithouttheneedoftravelingandaswellasitsavestimeandaccommodationcosts.

1.8Whatarethemostaffectedcountriesbyclimatechange?

CRI=ClimateRiskIndex

CRI
19942013

COUNTRY

CRI
SCORE

Honduras

10.33

Myanmar

14.00

Haiti

16.17

Nicaragua

16.67

Philippines

19.50

Bangladesh

20.83

Vietnam

23.50

DominicanRepublic

31.00

Guatemala

31.17

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Pakistan

31.50

These countries are the most affected countries in the world with the climate change.Most of these countries
announced a strict rules to decrease this climate changes in many different sections.Forexample,theyincrease
the price of the fuel used by cars or motorcycle in order to decrease the carbon dioxide emissions in the
atmosphere. Furthemore,they do not allow many factories to be build in and they also did many nuclear
processes in order to generate energy without burning. Moreover, they also have renewable energy. There are
also some poor countries such haiti and honduras they do not have enough money to build a nuclear power
stations or install renewable sources of energy. These poor countries just plant trees because it is the cheapest
waythatcandecreasethelevelofcarbondioxideintheatmosphere.

1.9Howdoesclimatechangeaffectthehumanshealth?

As a result of carbon dioxide emissions and the increase in the temperature. These will affect our health and
will causes an increase in malnutrition,injury and mass migration. Moreover,it will also causes an increase in
mentalhealthandinfectionspreadanditevenwillleadstodeath.
Climate change affect allergies and respiratory health for example,it can cause asthma,allergic illness that
includes hay fever. People's awareness against climate change will allow them to be more aware of the
environmentandtheywillattempttoreduceandfindsolutionfortheclimatechange.

Figure 3 (image to the right)

illustrate the rate of the
increase of disease that occurs
as a result of climate change
from1990to2013.

2.0 What are the solutions

thathavebeendiscovered?

There are many solutions that

have been discovered for
example,revving up renewable energy,increasing energyefficiency,greeningtransportation,slowlygetridofthe
electricity that is generated by fossil fuel,managing forests and maintaining agriculture,exploring
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nuclear,developing and installing new low carbon and zero carbon technologies and ensuring continual
development.
Revvinguptherenewable energyareavailablearoundtheworld.Severalresearchesandstudieshavebeendone
in order to ensure thatthetechnicalpotentialsmeetthehugemajorityofour energyneed,butfinallytheyensure
that. Renewable technologies can expand and develop quickly,cost effective and will creates jobs while
reducing the climate change. Energy efficiency technologies have been discovered in order to allow us to use
less energy to get the same or high facilities. This technology also give us the chance to save both energy and
money.
The transportation have increased the rate of climate change morethantheotherenergyconsumingsectors,so
there are a variety of solutions discovered in order to improve the efficiency in all the source of the
transportation and changing to low carbon dioxide fuel emissions.There are many ways to getridoffossilfuel
electricity. The ways will include stop building coal burning power plants and lay off them.The electricitycan
be generated from a nuclear processes rather than fossil fuel burning. Nuclear technologies create a serious
threattooursecurityfromthenucleargasesemissionstoourhealthandourenvironment.
Managing forests and maintaining agricultures play an important role inreducingthecarbondioxideemissions
because the trees will store carbon dioxide and emit oxygen that we breath. On the other hand,if there is not
much trees the absorption of carbon dioxide will decrease and the carbon dioxide level will increase in the
atmosphereleadingtomoreandmoreheatandincreaseinthetemperature.
The researchers discoveredatechnologythatinvolveslowcarbonandzerocarbonemissions. Theydiscovered
the battery technology,new materials for solar cells and hydroelectricandsunlightenergy.Theseallarelowor
zero carbon emission.Hydroelectric and Sunlight energy are used as a fuel for cars in the countries where the
globalwarminglevelishigh.

2.1Howsomecountriesarecontributingtoreducetheclimatechange?

Most of the strong countries such as USA,United Kingdom and Australia are applying some of the climate
change solutions and making them as a laws and there will be some punishments if the laws have been
broken.These punishment can consist of a high financial penalty or imprisonment. The punishment will
nationally help to reduce the risk of climate change in those countrie. Nowadays, many countries are trying to
apply the same lawsthathave beenappliedbythestrongcountries,unfortunatelytheycouldnot.Thatsbecause
the punishments are not as strong as the punishment in the strong countries,the country are not having strong
laws or the countrys policy is weak compared to those countries. In that countries the climate change level is
high.
As the greenhouse gases emissions have global consequences,regardless of where they come from. Tackling
climate therefore requires coordinated actions by the nation around the world. The UK andtheEUarepartyto
international legislation that aims tackle climate change.they have been created
U
nited
N
ations
F
ramework
C
onvention on
C
limate
C
hange (
UNFCCC
) in 19992 as the main forum for international agreement on
tackling climate change. There were 195 countries joined the international treaty. Negotiations focus on four
main points which are adapting to climate change,finance to enable actions on mitigation and
adaption,reductionofgreenhousegasemissionsandtechnologydevelopmentandtransfergreendevelopment.
To reduce greenhouse gas emissions the industrial countries are encouraged to reduce their fossil fuels
emissions under the UNFCCC,and some countries have committed themselves to do so. Recognising their
burden of responsibility for emissions commitments under the Kyoto protocol in 1997. The kyoto protocol set
5% reduction below19990levelsforthefirstcommitmentperiodfrom2008until2012.Thishasbeenachieved
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but has not been enough to offset the rapidly increasing emissions from the other countries without legal
commitments. The UKs commitment under the protocol was a 12.5% reduction and has been achieved,with
emissions being reduced by 27% by 2011 which is a very good reduction rate. A second Kyoto commitment
period has been agreed from 2013 until 2020. Scant countries remain signatories although the UK and EU are
participating. Many other UNFCCC countries have made voluntary promise to cut their emissions 2020.These
makes the other countries felt pleased and did the same. Work continous on building a stronger international
regime. The UNFCCC has agreed to aim for a new protocol,legal instrument or agreed outcome with legal
force which is related to all parties by 2015. Countrieshavealsorecognisedthatthereductionshouldberapid
enough to keep the global temperature within 2C above the preindustrial levels. The UK's 2050 target is
broadlyconsistswithaglobalefforttoachievethis.
However,to adapt to climate change the UNFCCC commits all the parties to produce,implement,publish and
update adaption measures,as well as to develop on adaption to climate change. It provides for a variety of
support mechanisms for the implementation of adaptation measures in developing countries. In 2010 the
Cancun Adaptation Framework was adopted,and it was agreed that adaptation must be given the priority as
mitigation. The Framework calls for further actions on adaptation including reducing the vulnerability and
increasingtheresilienceindevelopingcountryparty

2.2ClimaterisksandthelatestIPCCreport

The Fifth Assessment Report of the

I
ntergovernmental
P
anelon
C
limate
C
hangestressesthathumaninfluence
on the climate system is clear. The report states that:

Climate change will amplify existing risks and create

new risks for natural and human systems.
Climate change related the risks from extreme events, for example
heat waves, extreme precipitation, and coastal flooding that can already be observed. The frequency of heat
waves has increased in large parts of Europe, Asia and Australia as a result of climate change. Likewise the
number of heavy precipitation events has increased in most land regions. Especially in North America and
Europe the frequency increased. The IPCC predictsthatriskslinkedwithextremeeventswillincreaseatglobal
mean temperature raises. It is projected that high parallel, mid parallel wet regions and the equatorial Pacific
Ocean willexperienceanincreaseinannualmeanclimate.Extremeclimateeventsovermostoftheland masses
and over wet tropical regions will very likely become more strong and more frequent. Theses all will increase
theriskofclimatechange

By contrast other regions are expected to get drier in terms of an increase in drought intensityandduration.In
manyregionstheriskofanincreasingstrengthandfrequencyofextremeweathereventsisregardedasaserious
threat to humans systems such as water and food supply, with the coming riskofhigherdeathsandthelossof
livelihoods. Therefore, an important message of the IPCC reportisthat

risksareunevenlydistributedandare
generally greater for disadvantaged people and communities in countries at all levels of development.

This
unequal impact distribution is projected to account for additional warming above 2C. Therefore highlighting
theimportanceofprovidingadditionalsupporttothosecountrieswhomparticularlyaffectedbyclimatechange.

2.3Vulnerabilitytoclimatechange

The basic policy options for limitingtheunfavorableimpactsofclimatechangearereductionofit,whichrefers

to keeping global climate change by reducing the emissions of greenhouse gases, and adaptation to climate
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change, which decrease the risk of effects of climate change. Second policy option which hasattractedlimited
interest iscompensationforclimateimpacts,typicallyconcernedastransferpaymentsfromthosecountrieswho
are not affected by climate change to those who are affected. These response options depend on information
aboutthevulnerabilityofkeysystemstoclimate changebuttheirspecificinformationneedsdiffersignificantly.
Mitigation and compensation need to distinguish the additional impacts of anthropogenic climate change from
the impacts of natural climate variability since they are concerned with the old once this difference is less
relevant for adaptation. While the collected estimates of climate impacts can be very useful for mitigation
policy (and to some degree for compensation policy), adaptation factors typically require information that is
morelogically.

2.4Whatistheoptimisticscenarioofreducingclimatechange?
Best case is we get our act together and begin to rapidly bring emissions level downmeanwhileEarth turnout
to be less sensitive to greenhouse gases thanwecurrentlybelievethatplanets,animalsadaptquickly.Themajor
technological breakthroughs help society emissions and adjust to climate change, but these are alltheopposite
of what we are actually seeing,so the only thinginourcontrolistolimit theemissionsusingallavailabletools
andthebestbehaviourscurrentlyatourdisposal.

2.5Perspectives

In my perspective, I believe that more can be done with the fight against climate change. With all of the
technological advancements in the last decade, scientists and inventors ought to come up with a solution to
solve this ongoing problem. Researching this topic, Ive read a lot about people not believing the fact that
climate change is really happeningandthinkthatitisjustaconspiracy,Iwasshockedtohave seenthisbecause
to me, climate change has been very prominent and with all the recent images surfacing online about polar
animals being affected and the constant arrival of disasters around the world people had better see what is
happening to them now rather than later. With all the development that is happening inourworld todayItruly
do believethatthesolutiontothisproblemcanbe foundifpeopletrylookingdeeperintotheproblemandcome
upwithusefulresolutions.

On a national perspective, countrieslikeMalawiarealreadybeingaffectedbyclimatechangeinwhichtheyare

experiencing droughts whatmakesit worseisthefactthatmostpeopleinthiscountryliveinruralareasmaking
it hard for them to gain recognition and be helped somehow. Malawi has already suffered two droughts in the
past two decadesand adryspellin2004.Floodsarealsoacommonoutcomeofclimatechangeand Bangladesh
has been saidtobesusceptibletothemostfloodsastheHimalayanrangesglaciersaremelting,causing3070%
ofthewatertoflowintothesoutherncoastofBengal.

Globally, people are not only being affected but so are species of animals and plants. The most commonly
affected animalshavebeenmanyofthepolarcreaturesoftheworldwhoaredyingbecauseofthemeltingofice
glaciers in regions that they live in. Global effects that are the most recognisable are the shrinking of glaciers,
an increased amount of heat waves and monstrous hurricanes. Scientists around the world are currently
predicting more harmful effects of climate change in the nexttwodecadesorsoandtheyarealsosearchingfor
solutions to the problems. Hopefully in the future there will beachanceofimplementingthesolutionsintoour
everydaylivestosaveourworldfromclimatechange.
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2.6Conclusion

Climate change is a detrimental change that affect a certainplaceasaresultoftheemissionsofthe greenhouse

gas ,such as carbon dioxide,methane,water vapour, nitrous oxide and fluorinated gases . These greenhouses
gases is trapped in the atmosphere and they become as a cover for the earthwhichallowtheheatemittedfrom
the sun to pass toward the earth,but after that the act as a barrier that prevents the heat to be discharged back
into the space.Greenhousegasesemittedasaresultoftheincreaseindeforestation,burningoffossilfuelsorthe
externalusageofelectricity.Iftheemissionsofthesegasesreachesaspecificleveltherewillbeclimatechange.
The climate change will cause many dangerous effects to our the affected place,such as increaseintheEarths
average temperature,lack of water,dryness,unstable weatherearliermaturityofplants.HumanBeingisthemost
responsible of the climate change. With our emissions and the burning of fossil fuels we have created many
unnerving situation towards our earth. Everything happen to our environment will simply reflected to us
because we are the ones who are living. Climate change will affect our health and will causes an increase in
malnutrition,injury and mass migration. Moreover,it will also causes an increase inmentalhealthandinfection
spreadanditevenwillleadstodeath.
The scientist became worried about that climate change because it will affect globallybecausesome effectsis
not just in a specific areas such as the temperature increase and unstable weather these can spread to many
places. So they have been discovered various solutions to it for example, usage renewable energy, produce
energy by electricity instead of burning,hydroelectricenergy,andecofriendlytechnologiestotheenvironment
that emits less or no carbon. Some of developed countries such as UK and Europe countries created a party
named UNFCCC that is concerned on the issues of the climate change, such as mitigation,adaption and
t
echnological advancement.ThescientistdidareportofIPCCresultthat
climatechangewillraiseexistingrisks
and create new risks for natural and human systems. Moreover. The found that climate change relate the risks
from extreme events, for example heat waves, extreme precipitation, and coastal flooding that have been
observed.
Last but not least, I would like to share my opinion regarding the climate change. In my point of view,further
generations are in big trouble. But for now our Earth willcontinuetogetwarmerandtheunstableweatherwill
grow more intense,with longer periods of drought in between,Unfortunately in longerterm if the emissions
continue to rise unchecked,the climate disasters will be so severe the will destabilize entire nations,send
millions of refugees across borders,cause widespread extinction ofmostspeciesonEarth,andmeltthepolarice
caps. Furthermore, climate change leaves most of the worlds coastal cities several feets underwater. All these
could take centuries,but something like the sudden collapse of agriculture would trigger immediate chaos in
society.

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