Global warming is the long-term increase in #earth ‘s average #surface #temperature , primarily due to the increase in greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, such as #carbodioxide, #methane , and #watervapor. Climate change refers to the broader changes in the Earth’s climate, including changes in #temperature , #precipitation #patterns , and #extremeweather #events , that result from global warming.
The #impacts of #global warming and climate change are #wide-ranging and #potentially #catastrophic . Rising temperatures can cause melting of #glaciers and #ice caps, leading to #sealevelrise and #flooding of #low -lying coastal areas. Changes in precipitation patterns can cause #droughts in some areas and increased flooding in others. #extremeweather events, such as #hurricanes , #heatwaves , and #wildfires , are becoming more #frequent and #intense , causing damage to #infrastructure and putting #human #lives at #risk .
In addition to the direct #impacts on #humans and the #environment , global warming and #climatechange can also have indirect impacts on the #economy and #socialsystems. For example, changes in #agricultural #productivity and the #availability of #waterresources can affect #food #security and #lead to #social #unrest.
#Mitigating the #impacts of global warming and climate change requires a combination of #strategies , including reducing #greenhouse #gas #emissions , transitioning to #renewableenergy sources, and improving the #resilience of #communities and #infrastructure to the #impacts of #climatechange.
350.org , Arab Forum for Environment and Development Biomimicry Institute C40 Cities Climate Alliance Climate Action Network International Climate Group Climate Justice Alliance Just Earth Greenpeace Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL) Nature friends International World Wildlife Fund #health #environment #network #development
