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Climate change can be defined as long-term changes in temperature and weather patterns. Changes in the solar cycle, for example, might be responsible.  However, since the 1800s, human activity has been the major cause of climate change, a major contributing factor is the use of fossil fuels. The combustion of fossil fuels produces greenhouse gases, which act as a blanket over the Earth, trapping heat from the sun and boosting temperatures. To safeguard our planet's future, we must act now (United Nations, 2022)

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As we now know, gases such as carbon dioxide and methane absorb heat in the Earth's atmosphere. They are primarily the result of the usage of fossil fuels such as coal, oil, wood, and natural gas. Climate change activists argue that mankind must stop using these sources of energy and policies must be put in place to enable countries in achieving zero emissions. This was first seen in Saudi Arabia.

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Deforestation is the removal of trees and forest areas for non-forest purposes. Trees are currently destroyed at an astonishing speed, particularly in the Amazon forest, which was once thought to act as the planet's lungs, collecting CO2 and exhaling oxygen.

According to INPE satellite data, " a total of 8,712 square kilometers of forest cover – about the size of Puerto Rico – was lost between August 2020 and July 2021."

As a result, not enough carbon dioxide is absorbed from the Earth's atmosphere ("Amazon rainforest emitted 20% more CO2 than it absorbed over last decade", 2022)

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Agriculture accounts for more than half of all worldwide methane emissions, it is a potent greenhouse gas that is 26 times more powerful than CO2. When food is digested by Livestock, such as sheep and cows, it is digested by enteric fermentation, which results in the production of methane. As a result, livestock accounts for nearly one-third of all agricultural methane emissions worldwide.

Fertilizers are used by farmers to boost agricultural production since intensive farming quickly depletes the soil's naturally produced nutrients. Nitrous oxide is emitted by nitrogen-containing fertilizers, which contributes to the warming of the Earth's atmosphere.

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Almost all cars, vans, ships, and aircraft are powered by fossil fuels. T transportation makes a significant contribution to GHG emissions, particularly CO2 emissions. Emissions from ships and aircraft are increasing as more and more goods are being imported from country to country. However, currently, cars are responsible for the majority of the emissions.

The worldwide aviation sector accounts for around 2.1 percent of all human-caused CO2 emissions. Aviation accounts for around 12% of total CO2 emissions among all modes of transportation., while vehicle transport accounts for 74%. (Facts & figures, 2022)

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In today's society, people consume a lot more than in the past. We are all guilty of it, buying things that we don't actually need, excessive amounts of clothes in our closets. The desire for apparel, gadgets, and products made using plastic is increasing as people's desires grow more and more. What we tend not to consider when purchasing these items is where do they go when we decide we don't need or want them anymore. The reality of it is, that most plastics and products that we use take years to biodegrade, and some never do (tinfoil).

Everything we do contributes to the amount of greenhouse gas emissions, the amount of electricity you use, heating, your mode of transport, what you consume, how much you waste you generate, and how you dispose of it.

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Green Circle Photo Global Warming Social Media Graphic

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The term "biodiversity" refers to all living things on our planet. Human intervention in land usage, changes to land, and pollution have all had a significant influence on the functioning of our planet and the survival of some species. In recent years, we have seen a troubling decline in biodiversity.

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Species are endangered by changing temperatures 

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Species are endangered by changing temperatures 

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In Antarctica, melting sea ice has decreased the Adelie penguin population by 33% in the last 25 years.

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Polar bears dependence on Sea ice leaves them in a vulnerable position 

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Polar bears dependence on Sea ice leaves them in a vulnerable position 

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The existence of most polar bear subpopulations in the Arctic may be endangered by 2100 due to sea-ice decreases induced by global warming, which push the animals onto land, where they are food-deprived and must rely on stored fat.

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("Up to Five Billion Face ‘Entirely New Climate’ by 2050", 2022)

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Even a small increase in temperature, even by one degree Celsius, can have a negative impact on sea levels. This will have devastating consequences for large cities near susceptible coasts.

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Trees are vital to our world because they absorb CO2 emissions and expel oxygen, allowing all life on Earth to exist. When trees and plants are chopped down, they can have a significant influence on our world, resulting in greater GHG emissions into the atmosphere, climate change, soil erosion, flooding, and extreme weather changes.

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There is a substantial association between global warming and severe weather trends. Though determining whether a given weather pattern is the result of climate change is challenging, the pattern is clear: hotter heat waves, drier droughts, higher storm surges, heavier flooding, and more snowfall.

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Climate change increases the likelihood of heavy rainfall. Flooding upends lives and offers a slew of possible short- and long-term effects when it inundates a home or neighborhood. The most evident are loss of life (floods kill more than 100 people in the United States each year) alongside extensive property damage. Between 1998 and 2014, The "FEMA" spent an estimated $48.6 billion repairing and restoring flood-damaged roads, bridges, utilities, and other public infrastructure (FEMA, 2022)

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Amazon rainforest emitted 20% more CO2 than it absorbed over last decade. (2022). Retrieved 10 February 2022, from https://www.thenationalnews.com/world/the-americas/amazon-rainforest-emitted-20-more-co2-than-it-absorbed-over-last-decade-1.1214351

Facts & figures. (2022). Retrieved 10 February 2022, from https://www.atag.org/facts-figures.html#:~:text=The%20global%20aviation%20industry%20produces,carbon%20dioxide%20(CO2)%20emissions.&text=Aviation%20is%20responsible%20for%2012,to%2074%25%20from%20road%20transport.

Karmalkar, A., & Bradley, R. (2017). Consequences of Global Warming of 1.5 °C and 2 °C for Regional Temperature and Precipitation Changes in the Contiguous United States. PLOS ONE, 12(1), e0168697. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0168697

Up to Five Billion Face ‘Entirely New Climate’ by 2050. (2022). Retrieved 13 February 2022, from https://www.climatecentral.org/news/one-billion-people-face-entirely-new-climate-by-2050-study-16587

FEMA. (2022). Retrieved 13 February 2022, from https://www.fema.gov/floodplain-management/manage-risk