Business Fit Magazine January 2019 Issue 1 | Page 10

Environment
Climate change FAQs
Source: BBC World
What is climate change?
Climate change, also called global warming,
refers to the rise in average surface
temperatures on Earth. An overwhelming
scientific consensus maintains that climate
change is due primarily to the human use of
fossil fuels, which releases carbon dioxide
and other greenhouse gases into the air. The
gases trap heat within the atmosphere, which
can have a range of effects on ecosystems,
including rising sea levels, severe weather
events, and droughts that render landscapes
more susceptible to wildfires
Is climate change real?
There is broad-based agreement within the
scientific community that climate change
is real. The U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency, the National Aeronautics and Space
Administration, and the National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Administration concur that
climate change is indeed occurring and is
almost certainly due to human activity.
Climate change: the debate
While consensus among nearly all scientists,
scientific organisations, and governments is
that climate change is happening and is caused
by human activity, a small minority questions
the validity of such assertions and prefers to
cast doubt on the preponderance of evidence.
Climate change deniers often claim that
recent changes attributed to human activity
can be seen as part of the natural variations
in Earth’s climate and temperature, and that
it is difficult or impossible to establish a direct
connection between climate change and any
single weather event, such as a hurricane.
While the latter is generally true, decades of
data and analysis support the reality of climate
change—and the human factor in this process.
In any case, economists agree that acting to
reduce fossil fuel emissions would be far less
expensive than dealing with the consequences
of not doing so.
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