CLIMATE CHANGE; THE COMPLEX ISSUE OF GLOBAL WARMING.

The impacts of climate change on different sectors of society are interrelated. Drought can harm food production and human health.

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Flooding can lead to disease spread and damages to ecosystems and infrastructure. Human health issues can increase mortality, impact food availability and limit worker productivity.

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Climate change impacts are seen throughout every aspect of the world we live in. However, climate change impacts are uneven across the country and the world even within a single community. Climate change impacts can differ between neighborhoods or individuals.

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The projections of a climate change impacted future are not inevitable. Many of the problems and solutions are known to us now, and ongoing research continues to provide new ones. Experts believe there is still time to avoid the most negative of outcomes by limiting warming and reducing emissions to zero as quickly as possible. Reducing our emissions of greenhouse gases will require investment in new technology and infrastructure, which will spur job growth.

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WHAT ARE THE SOLUTIONS TO CLIMATE CHANGE?

In the year 2015, world leaders signed a major treaty called the Paris agreement, to put these solutions into practice.

Core to all climate change solutions is reducing greenhouse gas emissions, which must get to zero as soon as possible.

And because both forests and oceans play vitally important roles in regulating our climate, increasing the natural ability of forests and oceans to absorb carbon dioxide can also help stop global warming.

The main ways to stop climate change are to pressure government and business to;

• Keep fossil fuels in the ground.

• Invest in renewable energy.

• Switch to sustainable transport.

• Help us keep our homes cosy.

• Improve farming and encourage vegan diets.

• Restore nature to absorb more carbon.

• Protect forests like the Amazon.

• Protect the oceans.

• Reduce how much people consume.

• Reduce plastic.

Story By; Alves Asomah010.