United Nations on Climate Change

Climate change is a promising issue of today’s age. Climate change is affecting food production, increase risk of flooding and rise in temperature and sea level that has a great impact on a global level. Greenhouses are a very important part for all life (animals and plants). These gases are monitored scientifically annually and have been reported to be increasing over the past century due to industrialization, deforestation and large scale agricultural. The greenhouse gases have increased over time with mean global temperature and carbon dioxide levels by increase fossil fuels emission. There are two worldly organizations that monitor and reports climate change.

The UN intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) which was set by world meteorological Organization (WMO) and United Nations Environment to monitor and report climate change. IPCC provided a report in 2013 (fifth assessment report) that proved climate change to be real. Fifth assessment reported that the global temperature increased by 0.85 degrees, sea levels have risen 19 cm from 1901 to 2010 to artic ice melting which was reported to be 1.07106km² of ice per decade, by the end of this decade a sea level rise is estimated to be 24-30 cm and 40-63 cm by 2065 relative to period of 1986-2005. Antonio Guterres, secretary general, brought world leaders of government to increases and accelerate climate action and motivation. Politicians have proposed several solutions, plans and international agreements to tackle the long-standing issues that biodiversity loss and climate change present.

In the meantime, we as individuals can take small actions in our daily lives to reduce our environmental impacts on the planet. Unplugging your unused appliances, changing to LED lightbulbs, carpooling, and participating in growing trees and educate people in the community to become an active citizen to fight climate change.