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Water
Across the globe people experience water scarcity in many different regions with different levels of scarcity. Climate change not only causes droughts worldwide but also takes part in causing floods. Changes in the Earth's temperatures even of the slightest causes shifts in the water cycle creating either droughts and/or flooding. With the rapid increase of global warming the droughts and/or floods would only increase in damage which not only negatively decreases our sources of water but also harms wildlife. With flooding damages to homes and other buildings can cause a huge setback and a lot of debt due to the repairs that must be made.

Rainforests
Rainforests one of the popular things people say when thinking of the top things that sustain the most environmental damage. Rainforests provide the habitats for many wildlife. Many species that are residing here are some of the rarest on earth that you may only find in some of the rainforests like the Amazon rainforest. Over the many years climate change has only gotten worse. As of today the
Amazon has already lost more than one third of the forest itself. This is not just by climate change but also by agriculture and deforestation. Due to the heavy decrease of the Amazon many homes to wildlife will be gone which creates these creatures the high possibility of going extinct, and the increase amount of green house gases which contributes to an increase in global warming.

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For years the debate of whether climate change is a problem that can be dealt with through the current system of bureaucracy and has plagued the international space as some countries attempt to reform and others drag behind. Some questions that surface from this dilemma include, "Is fixing this issue worth American resources and will it have an effect on the global climate?", "Is this change something that can be accomplished?", and "Is climate change even a problem?"

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The melting of the icecaps, California on fire, and hurricanes of mass destruction are all the more common because of global warming. Scientists say that the combination of greenhouse gas emissions and deforestation is quickly heating the planet and leading to irreparable damage. Rising temperatures and sea levels are sure to lead to ecological collapse in many locations, interrupting food chains and killing wildlife. In the area of agriculture changing climate is leading to new difficulties when farming. When torrential rain or an unexpected event interrupts planting, treatment, or harvesting it is possibly catastrophic for a farmer's lively hood.

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Climate Change Stories

Use this guide to have the best information at hand about the urgent challenge of climate change and how we can solve it by working together.

You've got questions. We've got answers.

Is it climate change, global warming, or global climate crisis?

Each of these terms refers to the same thing-the fact that the average temperature of the earth's atmosphere is rising. As the temperature rises, various impacts are changing aspects of our climate-hotter summers, rising ocean temperatures, melting polar ice, increased storm activity. These go beyond mere changes in the weather.

As these impacts grow in frequency and severity, they will-and in many cases already have-create crises for people and nature around the world. If unchecked, these impacts will spread and worsen with more animal extinction and biodiversity loss, water shortages, and displaced communities.

Whatever you choose to call it, the most important thing is that we act to stop it.

Is climate change caused by humans?

Yes, over 97% of scientist agree that humans cause climate change. Humanity's accelerated burning of fossil fuels and deforestation ( forests are key parts of the planet's natural carbon management systems) have led to rapid increases of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere and global warming.

Scientists have known for centuries that gases in Earth's atmosphere like carbon dioxide and methane act as a greenhouse, preventing a certain amount of heat radiation from escaping back to space. The more carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, the warmer it gets.

Over Earth's history, carbon dioxide levels fluctuate due to volcanic activity or the carbon cycle (animals and bacteria breathe in oxygen and breathe out carbon dioxide while plants do the opposite).

However, the rises in temperature and carbon dioxide levels we've seen in the past century are extreme and are accelerating. The rate of carbon emissions are the highest they've been in 66 million years and the amount of warming in the coming decades is expected to be 250 times greater than the average warming during the past century.

What are the main threats of climate change?

The main threats of climate change, stemming from the rising temperature of Earth's atmosphere include rising sea levels, ecosystem collapse and more frequent and severe weather.

Rising temperatures from human-caused greenhouse gas emissions affects planet-wide systems in various ways. For example, it warms the polar regions and the oceans, which melts ice cover at the poles and causes sea level rise. Climate change affects ocean habitats by lowering oxygen, decreasing phytoplankton (little plants that serve as the base of marine food chains) and killing coral reefs.

The warming of the atmosphere affects weather patterns, causing more frequent and severe storms and droughts across many global regions. Higher temperatures are affecting the length of seasons and in some places, are already crossing safe levels for ecosystems and humans .

All of these impacts, and many, many others will become more severe if we don't act to stop greenhouse gas emissions.

How is climate change affecting people?

From straining agricultural systems to making regions less habitable, climate change is affecting people everywhere. You may have noticed how weather patterns near you are shifting or how more frequent and severe storms are developing in the spring. Maybe your community is experiencing more severe flooding or wildfires.

Many areas are even experiencing " sunny day flooding " as rising sea levels cause streets to flood during high tides. In Alaska, some entire coastal communities are being moved because the sea level has risen to the point where their original location is no longer habitable.

Climate change also exacerbates the threat of human-caused conflict resulting from a scarcity of resources like food and water that are less reliable as growing seasons change and seasons become less predictable.

Many of these impacts are happening disproportionately in low-income, Indigenous, or marginalized communities. Around the globe, many of the poorest nations are being impacted first and most severely by climate change, even though they have contributed far less to the increase in carbon emissions that has caused the warming in the first place.

What is TNC doing about climate change?

The Nature Conservancy is committed to tackling the dual crises of climate change and biodiversity loss.

What we do between now and 2030 will determine whether we slow warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius-the level scientists agree will avoid the worst impacts of climate change-while also conserving enough land and water to slow accelerated species loss.

We are doing so by:

Visit Our Goals for 2030 to learn more about TNC's actions and partnerships to tackle climate change this decade.

How much renewable energy do we need to stop climate change?

We need to increase renewable energy at least nine-fold from where it is today to meet the goals of the 2015 Paris Agreement and avoid the worst climate change impacts. Every watt that we can shift from fossil fuel to renewables like wind power or solar power is a step in the right direction.

The best science we have tells us that to avoid the worst impacts of global warming, we must globally achieve net-zero carbon emissions no later than 2050. To do this, world must immediately identify pathways to reduce carbon emissions from all sectors: transportation, electricity, and industry. This cannot be achieved without a major shift to renewable energy.

Clean energy and technological innovation are not only helping mitigate climate change, but also create jobs and support economic growth in communities across the world. Renewable energy such as wind and solar have experienced remarkable growth and huge cost improvements over the past decade with no signs of slowing down.

Prices are declining rapidly, and renewable energy is becoming increasingly competitive with fossil fuels all around the world. In some places, new renewable energy is already cheaper than continuing to operate old, inefficient and dirty fossil fuel-fired power plants.

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Climate Change: Frequently Asked Questions

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Climate Change Stories Use this guide to have the best information at hand about the urgent challenge of climate change and how we can solve it by working together. You've got questions. We've got answers. Each of these terms refers to the same thing-the fact that the average temperature of the earth's atmosphere is rising.

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Is this change something that can be accomplished?

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Is this change something that can be accomplished?

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While we can't immediately stop or reverse the effects of climate change, we can alter the stigma around whether it is our fault or job to fix it, because it is. This problem was made by us and can only be fixed by us. It really is a race against time, the planet is becoming more volatile with weather and temperatures all around the globe, if we wait too long our world will be swallowed by natural disaster, global temperature change, and rising sea levels that will sink and boil humanity to extinction. Scientists say there are approximately 50 years until climate change becomes irreversible and the most basic ecosystems begin to collapse.

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Is fixing this issue worth American resources and will it have an effect on the global climate?

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Is fixing this issue worth American resources and will it have an effect on the global climate?

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While some people may believe that it is simply too late to reverse the effects of climate change we have already set in motion, or that there are things we can do to have an effect on climate change but it is just not worth it due to the fact that climate change is a global issue and other countries who are big contributors to the climate crisis are unwilling to change their ways, there is a side where it is not too late and there are things that our nation can do to help with the climate change crisis. People who support combatting climate change believe that it is in the best interest of our society to do so, but disagree on the extent of effort and resources that should be expended to prevent or mitigate the effects of climate change. Some people on this side have an "at all costs" ideology regarding this issue. They believe that the cost of damages caused by human induced climate change greatly out weigh the cost it would take to implement policies and make actual changes to our lifestyles to combat the climate crisis. The solutions to climate change are expensive. Others believe that the cost of taking measures to combat climate change should not exceed the benefits that such expensive measures will produce. Multiple studies including one done by the University of California, Davis, have shown that climate change does negatively effect Economic Growth. This is where people who believe in putting resources in to attempting to fix climate change vary in beliefs. The ideas of how much money and resources should be put in to fixing this issue should actually be put in vary highly from person to person.

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In today's society, the immense distrust of media, political officials, and field professionals is reflected in many people's opinions on important topics including that of climate change. With not being able to know who or what to trust several questions arise such as: what leads to the denial of climate change and in a capitalistic country where everyone is attempting to gain off of others, why should the rest of America trust the opinion of economic powers?

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How common is the denial of climate change, and what leads to the majority of the denial?

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Kate Yoder of Grist.org, a nonprofit media organization specialized in climate change, states that nearly one sixth of American's do not believe in the scientific backing of climate change, and nearly a third of American's do not believe that humans are responsible for the damage.
The strong opinions from our polarized government keep people from opening their viewpoints to other sides. It has been seen that each side of the political spectrum has a different method of debate. Generally, democrats tend to use lots of logos which goes into explaining the exact problem. The Republicans tend to go towards the ethos and pathos joking and drawing emotions to get people to side with them. It is difficult for each side to persuade the other because they shut their openness to others down before they speak, and the methods used do not demonstrate what the other likes to hear.

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In a capitalistic country where everyone is attempting to gain off of others, why should the rest of America trust the opinion of economic powers?

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In a capitalistic country where everyone is attempting to gain off of others, why should the rest of America trust the opinion of economic powers?

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Over the years, we have seen many new changes in attempt to provide a cleaner eco-friendly energy source, but in reality, they produce a similar amount of waste. Having electric cars may save the environment from the use of gasoline, but the mining of lithium for the batteries the cars require is also not sustainable. There also is little supporting evidence that the effects of them will be any better for the environment than the cars we have now. With solar power plants and wind turbines, the technology and parts of the machinery need replacement fairly frequently. Since there is no way to sustainably dispose of them, they also end up in landfills which are not good for the environment. These options are all extremely advertised as solutions when they are actually similar but costly replacements.

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Climate change is a myth. We all know this, deep down. Some of you reading this may have been taken in by the fear-mongering governments or corrupt scientists so have been brainwashed into thinking climate change is a real thing that "threatens all of humanity" or some other nonsense, but it's just that: nonsense. When you look closely at it, the so-called evidence for climate change, or "global warming" or "warmageddon" or "planetary death spiral" or whatever they're calling it these days, it doesn't stand up to scrutiny.

Take changes in sea level. They keep banging on about how the warming of the atmosphere causes rising sea levels, but if that was happening we'd have seen it by now! It's been countless decades since they first started predicting this, but here we still are! But they persist in trying to convince us it's a real threat, citing places that were supposedly "lost to the waves" and we're supposed to believe that places like Atlantis, Miami or Skegness actually existed? You believe that rubbish and you probably believe we landed on Ganymede! And you're an idiot, so there's no hope for you.

And where does this rise in sea level supposedly come from - melting glacial ice? Like there was at any point massive blocks of ice just floating around in the ocean? You ever leave an ice cube in your drink last longer than five minutes? It melts, and yet we're meant to believe these "ice caps" lasted millions of years. They're not even trying to be convincing any more.

A "sheet", of "ice"? What's next; "garlic bread"? Photograph: HANDOUT/AFP/Getty Images

And don't get me started on this supposed food crisis. Charging £150 for a single loaf of bread? Are we supposed to believe this is due to widespread agricultural collapse brought about by climate change? Or, as is far more likely, is it a price-fixing conspiracy by the global bakery mega-corporation? When 78% of all food in this country is sold by Greggs, OF COURSE you're going to see this sort of thing happening. It's been nearly a century since he took office and I, like many, think Chancellor Farage was a great man, but he dropped the ball on that one.

It's the same with these hypothetical mass extinctions, as if that's anything to do with climate change. It's just opportunistic cherry picking by these cynical and manipulative scientists. Harsh fact is, a lot of species go extinct, but that's just nature. Dinosaurs went extinct millions of years before we humans ever appeared, are we supposed to take the blame for that too? Doesn't mean I'm happy that we lost the elephants, tigers, pandas, salamanders, cows and poodles, but I don't feel guilty about it either.

People tell me cows were once bred domestically. Can you imagine? This was supposedly stopped because they caused significant environmental damage due to methane and deforestation, but we all know it was orchestrated by the synthetic meat companies. They obviously got rid of all cattle to ensure their current global dominance. Just think; if they hadn't killed all the cows, we'd still be slaughtering them today!

Cows: on a par with dragons and unicorns. Photograph: JEAN-PIERRE MULLER/AFP/Getty Images

Then there's this " extreme weather" nonsense. I've not noticed any changes in the weather outside of the norm. Clueless clime change believers keep telling me it's a global change so that doesn't mean anything, but I LIVE ON THE GLOBE, so I'd notice any changes wouldn't I? Duh! But there haven't been any changes, obviously. There are no more storms now than there was when I was a kid. I barely get struck by lightning more than once a month, maybe every three weeks at most, and it's never done me any harm and I'll kill anyone who says otherwise!

But it's with these weather worries that these manipulative scientists really give the game away. Urging us to use more wind power but complaining about all the hurricanes we keep having? They got us all to convert to solar power decades ago but keep whining about prolonged sunny spells? MAKE YOUR MINDS UP!

Some of them even go so far as to say it's climate change that's causing forced migration of millions of people. But that's clearly because everyone has solar cars and jetpacks and matter transporters now, so why would they stay in one place, with or without devastating environmental damage spurring them on.

It's all a bit convenient, isn't it, all this palaver over climate change? Weird how 99.9999% of all scientists purportedly agree that it's definitely happening and our most powerful quantum computers are certain to over a million decimal places that it's our fault? Weird how they're saying this now, at exactly the same time when they need all the volunteers they can get for the moon and Mars colonies. What's more likely; that human industrial activity actually does lead to climate change, or that it's all a massive meticulous centuries-long ruse to convince people that leaving Earth is a good idea? Obviously, it's the latter. These scientists have no shame or respect.

I can't say I'm not tempted to go myself, though. I'd rather live on another planet, than on one where every aspect of your life is subject to rigorous scientific control. Nobody should have to put up with that crap.
Dean Burnett doesn't actually agree with any of the claims in this piece, but don't let that stop you commenting or shouting at him on Twitter @garwboy

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Dean Burnett: Many people just refuse to accept the facts that surround them, even if we saw 100 more years of it plain and apparent

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Is it too late to prevent climate change? – Climate Change: Vital Signs of the Planet (nasa.gov)
How Much Is A Climate Change ‘Solution’ Worth? (forbes.com)
The Cost of Climate Change | UC Davis
https://phys.org/news/2022-04-world-perilously-irreversible-climate-scientists.html

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Michaël Aklin, Matto Mildenberger; Prisoners of the Wrong Dilemma: Why Distributive Conflict, Not Collective Action, Characterizes the Politics of Climate Change. Global Environmental Politics 2020; 20 (4): 4-27. doi: https://doi.org/10.1162/glep_a_00578

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Prisoners of the Wrong Dilemma: Why Distributive Conflict, Not Collective Action, Characterizes the Politics of Climate Change

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Abstract. Climate change policy is generally modeled as a global collective action problem structured by free-riding concerns. Drawing on quantitative data, archival work, and elite interviews, we review empirical support for this model and find that the evidence for its claims is weak relative to the theory's pervasive influence.