Impacts of one Degree in Global Temperature

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We know that humans 1) h a vhaven e b e e n putting extra carbon dioxide into the at-
been
mosphere f o r a b o u t 200 years. We know that temperatures have now in-
2) for about

creased by about one degree. 3) W e kWe n know

o wthatt h a t that s consistent with the
rate of which CO2 4) i s g isogoing
i n up
g u p in the atmosphere and we also know that
these changes are really unprecedented.
One degree of global average temperature change is a lot. Temperatures have never
5)i n c r increased
e a s e by
d b y one degree over 100 years in the history of 6)t h etheEEarth
arth.
It was about the y e a r 2 0 1 6 that we officially crossed one degree of human
7) year 2016

induced 8) g l o b global
al w arming.
warming

We ve seen about one and a half to two and a half degrees of change already in Can-
ada. In the winter in Canada 9) w e v ewe've s seen
een morem o r e than three degrees just
10) o v e rover
th theelastl a s t 50 years. In the arctic in Canada we ve seen, five degrees of

warming already. Consistent with 11) t h i s this o none

e degree
d e g r e e of globally average
temperature.
So that one degree gets amplified 12) i n d i f inf different
e r e nparts
t p a r t s of the world be-
cause of the local feedbacks that w e k n o w a n d understand
13) we know and u n d e r s t a n d quite
well. It means actually a v e r y d i f f e r e n t c l i m a t e .
14) very different climate

We are seeing 15) w e a t hweather

e r eextremes
x t r e m e s start to change in character and se-
verity. We re seeing v e r y d r a m
16) very a t i changes
dramatic c c h a n g e s in the arctic with sea
ice concentrations and areas going down, actually 17) f a s t e faster r t than
h a most
n most
scientists had predicted. 18) W e We're
r e sseeing
e e i n g , you know, the oceans warm up
and its very severe impacts on c o r a l rcoral
19) e e reef
f ecosystems
e c o s y s t e m s around the
world. So, ya know, these are all things that are visible signatures of a warming cli-
mate because of human activity.
Temperatures will continue to increase as long as 20) w e c we o ncontinue
t i n uto e t o emit
greenhouse gases. If we really want to stabilize 21)g l o b a lglobal t e temperatures
mperatures,
we a c t u a l l y h a v e t o eliminate the production of carbon dioxide and,
22) actually have to

really minimize emissions of every other 23) g r e e greenhouse

n h o u sgase g a s that is pro-
duced through 24) a g r iagriculture
c u l t u r e or other land use processes. So the scientific
case for a really dramatic policy response to 25) t h i s this
c hchallenge
a l l e n g e is very clear.
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