Climate change is causing increased wildfires, droughts, and insect outbreaks which are linked to rising global temperatures that are the second warmest on record. Additional concerns include declining water supplies, reduced crop yields, more extreme heat in cities, and coastal flooding and erosion. Human activities such as burning fossil fuels for power and transportation, deforestation, fertilizer use, and oil and gas drilling are contributing to increased temperatures. While global warming cannot be stopped immediately, limiting emissions of heat-trapping gases and soot can help slow the rate of rising temperatures.

1. Climate Change

2. Main issues of
climate change
• Increased heat, drought and
insect outbreaks, all linked to
climate change, have increased
wildfires.
Declining water supplies,
reduced agricultural yields,
health impacts in cities due to
heat, and flooding and erosion in
coastal areas are additional
concerns.

3. Rise in
Temperature
across the
Globe.
The planet was warmer by 1.2
degrees Celsius from January to
October in 2020 than the pre-
industrial average measured
between 1850 and 1900, according
to the Nature report. This is the
second-warmest recorded when
compared to similar periods in
historical data.
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4. Human Activities
that affect
Climate Change
• Power Plants
• Transportation
• Deforestation
• Fertilizers
• Oil Drilling
• Natural Gas Drilling
• Permafrost
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5. PREVENTING THE
CATASTROPHE
While we cannot stop global warming overnight, or
even over the next several decades, we can slow the
rate and limit the amount of global warming by
reducing human emissions of heat-trapping gases and
soot (“black carbon”).