WAYS TO FIGHT CLIMATE CHANGE
WAYS TO FIGHT CLIMATE CHANGE “One thing leads to the other. Deforestation leads to climate change , which leads to ecosystem losses, which negatively impacts our livelihoods – it’s a vicious cycle .” What is Climate Change? Climate change is a global modification of the climate over a long period of time (from decades to millions of years). These changes can occur both regionally and globally. By climate change, we mean the increase in temperature from the middle of the 20th century to the present day. Even if climate change can also have natural causes, it is primarily related to human activity and greenhouse gases. Climate change causes? Many of the chemical compounds in the earth's atmosphere act as greenhouse gases. When sunlight strikes the earth’s surface, some of it radiates back toward space as infrared radiation (heat). Greenhouse gases absorb this infrared radiation and trap its heat in the atmosphere, creating a greenhouse effect th...