24 The Future of Climate Change

The Future of Climate Change

                  The future of climate change is in our hands because it is being driven by our hands. Through activities such as burning fossil fuels, deforestation, industrial progress, and the use of chemicals, our world has gone through changes that now reach beyond environmental challenges. It is through the understanding of the future implications of climate change in our environment that we will be able to shape policies and actions to be able to mitigate their effects.

Ecosystem Impacts

                  We can see the changes in the impact of climate change from the change in weather, the increase of numbers and severity of natural disasters, and through the research that has been conducted. In this past decade, we have seen the highest temperatures due to the rise of the concentration of greenhouse gases in the world. Scientists have also warned that there could be an increase of 7.2 degrees Fahrenheit by 2100 if we fail to combat climate change. From the graph above, we can see a steady increase of the surface temperature on the Earth.

The overall rise of global temperatures…