PBL (Second Grading) – Climate Change and Global Warming

What is Climate Change?

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Long-term changes in temperature and weather patterns are referred to as climate change.
These movements could be due to natural causes, such as oscillations in the solar cycle.
However, human activities have been the primary cause of climate change since the 1800s,
owing to the combustion of fossil fuels such as coal, oil, and gas.
Fossil fuel combustion produces greenhouse gas emissions, which act as a blanket around the
Earth, trapping the sun's heat and boosting temperatures.
Carbon dioxide and methane are two examples of greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to
climate change. These are produced by, for example, utilizing gasoline to drive a car or coal to
heat a building. Clearing land and forests can also result in the release of greenhouse gases.

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What is the effect of Climate Change?
Climate change may have an impact on our health, food production, housing, safety, and
employment. Some of us, such as those who live in small island nations and other impoverished
countries, are already more exposed to climate change. Sea-level rise and saltwater intrusion
have forced entire villages to evacuate, and prolonged droughts are placing people at risk of
starvation. The number of "climate refugees" is anticipated to climb in the future.

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Solution in Climate Change?
Many climate change solutions have the potential to improve our lives while also saving the
environment. We also have global agreements like the UN Framework Convention on Climate
Change and the Paris Agreement to guide our efforts. Cutting emissions, adapting to climate
consequences, and financing essential modifications are three main types of action.
Switching from fossil fuels to renewables such as solar and wind will lower the emissions that
cause climate change. But we need to get started right away. While a rising number of
countries are pledging to achieve net zero emissions by 2050, around half of all emissions
reductions must be implemented by 2030 to keep global warming below 1.5°C. Fossil
What is global warming and why is it happening?
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The global yearly temperature has risen by around 1 degree Celsius, or 2 degrees Fahrenheit,
since the Industrial Revolution. It climbed on average by 0.07 degrees Celsius (0.13 degrees
Fahrenheit) every 10 years between 1880 and 1980, the year that accurate recordkeeping
began. However, since 1981, the pace of growth has more than doubled: the global annual
temperature has risen by 0.18 degrees Celsius (0.32 degrees Fahrenheit) every decade for the
last 40 years.
What's the end result? The world has never been hotter. After 1880, nine of the ten warmest
years have occurred since 2005, with the five warmest years on record all occurring since 2015.
Climate change doubters say that rising global temperatures have come to a "halt" or
"slowdown," however several studies, including one published in the journal Environmental
Research Letters in 2018, have refuted this assertion. People all across the world are already
suffering as a result of global warming's effects.

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Global warming occurs when carbon dioxide (CO2) and other air pollutants collect in the
atmosphere and absorb sunlight and solar radiation that have bounced off the earth’s surface.
Normally this radiation would escape into space, but these pollutants, which can last for years to
centuries in the atmosphere, trap the heat and cause the planet to get hotter. These heat-trapping
pollutants—specifically carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, water vapor, and synthetic
fluorinated gases—are known as greenhouse gases, and their impact is called the greenhouse
effect.

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Climate scientists have now concluded that we must limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius
by 2040 if we are to avoid a future in which the worst, most devastating effects of climate
change: extreme droughts, wildfires, floods, tropical storms, and other disasters that we
collectively refer to as climate change, will be part of everyday life around the world. These
impacts affect everyone in some way, but they are felt most acutely by the poor, economically
marginalized, and people of color, for whom climate change is frequently a primary driver of
poverty, displacement, hunger, and social unrest.

•Saving our planet and its ecology is critical because it provides us with food and water to live.
Our survival is totally reliant on this planet, which provides food and water to all living beings,
and it is our job to protect it.

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