Introducing Climate 4 Life
Cimate Change, by far, is the biggest threat human-kind has ever faced since its emergence as the dominant species on the earth. Ironically, a preponderance of scientific opinion suggests that this threat is, largely, human-induced. The rate-of-change of global temperature during pre-industrial era was minimal and rather slow, allowing all life-forms on the earth to adapt through evolutionary process. On the contrary, the post-industrial saw a marked acceleration in temperature increase.
The Global average temperature, for example, rose by 0.74 degree Celsius in just 100 years as compared to what it used to be in the pre-industrial state. Worse- most scientific projections suggest that global temperatures could rise between 1.1 degrees to 6.4 degrees Celsius above 1990 levels by the end of this century depending on how much greenhouse gases we emit.
This could bring catastrophe of a scale unseen in human history. The mitigation of greenhouse gas emission, therefore, has slowly but steadily taken center-stage in the global political, social and scientific discourse. Yet, even an optimistic would admit that the vision to achieve optimum level of mitigation remains a long-shot. All forms of lives on earth, therefore, will have to learn to cope with this painful reality, unfortunately, for a long period of time. Needless to say, adaptation would remain the only realistic option available to a large part of the humanity and ecosystems.
Rising temperatures have been causing increase in rainfall intensity. Erratic weather conditions have led to greater occurrence of landslides and flash floods in many areas. Other areas complain of reduced water availability for agriculture, leading to drop in the yield of staple crops.
Crops are more likely to get sick
The glaciers are melting
Insufficient level of precipitation
Forest fires due to hot summer seasons
Large-scale destruction from sea storms
Polar bear population decline due to melting glaciers
Flooding of coastal areas due to sea level rise
Increasing the area of deserts
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These are just a few examples of how climate change affects people's lives.
Climate change is a global process, and therefore significant changes in any particular part of the world will not have a tangible impact.
In order to slow down the process of climate change, it is necessary to approach this issue comprehensively and with the participation of all countries of the world
