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Climate Change
The climate is changing. The earth is warming up, and there is now overwhelming scientific consensus that it is happening fast, and human-induced. With global warming on the increase and species and their habitats on the decrease, chances for ecosystems to adapt naturally are diminishing. Our classes have been informed of this current issue and many can agree that climate change may be one of the greatest threats facing the planet. We’ve learnt that recent years show increasing temperatures in various regions, and/or increasing extremities in weather patterns. A lot of people can mostly agree that something needs to be done about global warming and climate change. Research shows that the first stumbling block, has been trying to get an agreement on a framework. In 1988, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change was created by the United Nations Environment Programme and the World Meteorological Organisation, to assess the scientific knowledge on global warming. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change concluded in 1990 that there was broad international consensus that climate change was human-induced. That report led way to an international convention for climate change, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, signed by over 150 countries at the Rio Earth Summit in 1992. However a huge problem we can see is that many highly situated people, who can actually make a huge difference and take preventative measures, are afraid that tackling climate change is going to be too costly. But increasingly, studies are showing action will not just be cheaper than inaction, but could actually result in economic, environmental and even health benefits, while improving sustainability.
