Introduction Climate change is one of the most pressing global challenges of the 21st century. Scientists around the world working with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) have been studying how human activities are influencing the Earth’s climate. According to scientific reports, the Earth’s surface temperature increased by about 1.1°C between 1900 and 2020. … Read more
Fossil fuels – coal, oil and gas – are by far the largest contributor to global climate change, accounting for around 68 per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions and nearly 90 per cent of all carbon dioxide emissions. As greenhouse gas emissions blanket the Earth, they trap the sun’s heat. Because of this, the planet … Read more
Climate Change Climate change is a long-term change in the average weather patterns that have come to define Earth’s local, regional and global climates. These changes have a broad range of observed effects that are synonymous with the term. Changes observed in Earth’s climate since the mid-20th century are driven by human activities, particularly fossil … Read more
