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Climate change

Author: Ana Paola Hernandez-Aguilar Keywords: Climate, fossil, emissions, energy,


greenhouse, reduce.
February 2023

Climate change is defined as the variation in the Patricia Alvarez (2018), in his work “10 acciones
state of the earth’s climate system, that lasts for long para combatir el cambio climático” mentioned
periods of time until a new equilibrium is reached some every day to fight against climate change,
(Harrison, 2021). such as turning off the lights in the rooms that are
According to the United Nation (2021), the causes not being used. Replace old lights bulbs with LED
of climate change are the following: or energy saving bulbs, using reusable things, carry
• The generation of energy through fossil fuels your own bag when shopping to avoid using plastic
which causes a lot of global emissions. bags, as far as possible choose public transport or
• Manufacturing products produce emissions cycling instead of driving to help reduce emissions.
mostly from the burning of fossil fuels to
generate energy for the manufacture different Climate change is a reality today and if we do not
products. do something to combat it the consequences will
• Cutting down forests to create farms or pastures, be terrible and irremediable, the actions mentioned
or for other reasons, causes emissions of carbon. in the previous paragraph are very simple and we
• Transportation use because most cars, bus and would contribute a lot to stop climate change, this
aircraft run on fossil fuels. This is one of the is the world where we live and it is important to
largest contributions to greenhouse gas take care of it in order to preserve it.
emissions.
• Excessive energy consumption, how you move
around, what you eat, what you waste, all affect Bibliography
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Figure 1. Climate change. Harrison, W. (2021). ¿Qué es el cambio
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The polar ice caps are melting and sea levels are climate-change
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We must act for the climate now, or these effects
will only intensify.

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