Question

Explanations for climate change & what CONSEQUENCES society will have in different parts of the world

Answer 1

REASONS for climate change                                     

Human activity such as: 

• Increased use of fossil fuels (oil, coal and gas)
• Increasingly intensive agriculture which emits greenhouse gases
  • Carbon dioxide is the main cause of human-inducted climate change
• Deforestation 

Natural causes: 

• Volcanic activity 
• Solar output
• Earth's orbit around the sun

CONSECUENCES of climate change

• Fresh water shortages
• Ice is melting which contributes to sea-level rise
  • Number of floods will increase
• Storms and heatwaves
• Temperature changes are also affecting wildlife and other species as well

It's hard to say how greatly will the climate change in the future which makes it hard to evaluate the true consequences. 

Climate change in a nutshell

Thanks to National Geographic 

Read the text and watch the video then think about this question: 

What can YOU do about climate change?

Answer 2

Climate Change VS Global Warming:

Climate change is not the same as global warming. The Earth’s climate has been constantly changing since the Earth was created many years ago. This includes several ice ages and periods of much warmer global temperatures. 

Global warming is usually used to describe the warming of the climate in the past 200 years, which the vast majority of scientists are almost certain has been caused by human activities.

What are the causes and effects of climate change?