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Derrick Douglas at work on his farm
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Studies Group, said carbon dioxide emissions
have increased by approximately 40 per cent,
while methane emissions climbed by 150 per
cent globally.

dioxide discharges must decrease by the year
2020. That means it is ideal to limit the increase
to one degree Celsius and prevent any increase
beyond that.

It means, he explained, that the world’s
temperature has gone up by at least zero point
eight per cent – that is, about one degree Celsius.

Taylor pointed out, however, that international
climatologists have said a goal of two degrees
Celsius is significantly more realistic. They
contend that it is senseless to reach for less.

With this data, the UN’s International Panel on
Climate Change - the world’s leading authority
on global warming - has used models with
scenarios or storylines of future development
to predict the possible effects on the climate.
The climatologists have agreed that a further
temperature increase is certain, and carbon

“Global climate change models do not support
increases less than two point five [degrees
Celsius]. But already we have seen the impact
of an increase under one degree on health and
agriculture,” Taylor explained.
According to Taylor’s findings, the region has

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