Climate Change: An Emerging Issue

As most everyone is aware, there is considerable controversy over climate change. It has become a political football of course like many other issues. What is particularly perplexing is that denial or acknowledgement either way seems to mostly follow from social media or some other politically connected source. Why a significant number of people don't believe that the climate is changing is some sort of sociopolitical phenomena, not based on scientific data and directly tied to rampant political polarization and tribalism. To the deny-ers, the idea of climate change seems to be irrationally characterized as some sort of conspiracy, to what end heaven only knows. The fact is that world wide data from NOAA and other agencies is indisputable. The temperature of the earth is rising, the ice caps are melting, weather phenomena is getting more severe, the oceans are warming and becoming acidified and on and on…….Scarcely a day goes by that we don't hear about it in one form or another. The graph below depicting the global average temperature rise relative to the average temperature from 1951-198 over time is one manifestation of this change.

The climate of the earth has undergone significant changes throughout history, and it encompasses cycles of glacial advance and retreat. The leading cause has been the change of the earth’s orbiting the sun and the amount of solar energy received by the planet . The mains issue that is facing the earth in the modern times is the issue of global warming. Global warming is an effect that has seen a lot of significant and harmful impact on people, health, and the climate. The issues of wildfire and heat waves have become rampant also unpredicted, and next storms are being witnessed. Finally, there has been the occasioning of severe droughts in most parts of the planet too. There has been an ever growing need to take up the necessary stance and put up ways in which to address the menace which has proved costly and continued to intensify its effect on the planet.

Culture Unbound, 2019

Strategic Planning for Energy and the Environment, 2009

Combustion of coal, oil, and natural gas and, to a lesser extent, deforestation, land-cover change, and emissions of halocarbons and other greenhouse gases, are rapidly increasing the atmospheric concentrations of climate-warming gases. The resulting warming of about 0.1 to 0.2°C per decade that has taken place over the last several decades is very likely the primary cause of the loss of snow cover and Arctic sea ice, the more frequent occurrence of very heavy precipitation, rising sea level, and shifts in the natural ranges of plants and animals. Global average temperature is already ~0.8ºC above its preindustrial level. As expected, warming has been greater in mid and high latitudes compared to low latitudes, over land compared to oceans, and at night compared to day. The present atmospheric levels of long-lived greenhouse gases are pushing toward further warming of ~1.0-1.5ºC. This further warming is being held back by the time it takes for the oceans to warm and by the cooling influence of short-lived sulfate aerosols. As a result, at least as much further warming as has occurred to date would be expected even if global greenhouse gas emissions could be immediately cut to zero. At their present rate, ongoing emissions and the past commitment to warming are projected to lead to further warming at a rate of ~0.2-0.3ºC per decade over the next several decades, especially if emission controls are not put in place. Such warming and the associated changes are likely to cause severe impacts to key societal and environmental support systems. Present estimates are that reducing emissions sharply by 2050 and to near zero by 2100 will be required to limit the increase in global average surface temperature to no more than 2 to 2.5°C above its 1750 value of about 15ºC, and that this will be necessary to avoid the most catastrophic, but certainly not all, consequences of climate change.

Mucahit Coskun and Gbadeyanka Gbadebo Edward, 2021

The academic community has been contentious in the discourse regarding climate change. This study aims to conduct an indepth investigation and assessment of the past years' articles with a crystal focus on how often climate change is mentioned in our sampled articles. The statistical data originated from Taylor & Francis's publications focused and limited yearly. Vital literature review and citations are equally considered with 211 articles. The evaluation showed no notable change in the number of articles published in the context of research. Instead, it revealed the articles that believe and denied the phenomenon of climate change, climate change education and strategies, and people's knowledge and attitude towards climate change. The articles assessing quantitative and qualitative or mixed research were significantly valued through detailed calculation and critical discussion. There is a need to collaborate ideas from different fields of life to unify climate change ideas into educational science networks.

Climate change becomes a concern for the world starting from the early 19 th century, given the technological and economic growth and its significance ascends in the eye of the world gradually. By the end of the 20 th century, world governments recognize the severity of the issue and show their awareness with the establishment of the IPCC. However, the support and cooperation for the struggle with the climate change does not last long when some states find it very costly for their economy. Their withdrawal from the process disrupts the struggle and retards its functioning. That's why the climate change is a sensitive and common issue which requires the assistance and contribution of each and every country to cope with it.

Management and Economics Research Journal, 2018

Environment: Science and Policy for Sustainable Development, 2010

Climate Change. Evidence and Causes, 2023

Climate change is one of the defining issues of our times. It is now more certain than ever, based on many lines of evidence, that humans are changing Earth's climate. The atmosphere and oceans have warmed, which has been accompanied by sea level rise, a strong decline in Arctic sea ice, and other climate-related changes. The impacts of climate change on people and nature are increasingly apparent. Unprecedented flooding, heat waves, and wildfires have cost billions in damages. Habitats are undergoing rapid shifts in response to changing temperatures and precipitation patterns. The Royal Society and the US National Academy of Sciences, with their similar missions to promote the use of science to benefit society and to inform critical policy debates, produced the original Climate Change: Evidence and Causes in 2014. It was written and reviewed by a UK-US team of leading climate scientists. This new edition, prepared by the same author team, has been updated with the most recent climate data and scientific analyses, all of which reinforce our understanding of human-caused climate change. The evidence is clear. However, due to the nature of science, not every detail is ever totally settled or certain. Nor has every pertinent question yet been answered. Scientific evidence continues to be gathered around the world. Some things have become clearer and new insights have emerged. For example, the period of slower warming during the 2000s and early 2010s has ended with a dramatic jump to warmer temperatures between 2014 and 2015. Antarctic sea ice extent, which had been increasing, began to decline in 2014, reaching a record low in 2017 that has persisted. These and other recent observations have been woven into the discussions of the questions addressed in this booklet. Calls for action are getting louder. The 2020 Global Risks Perception Survey from the World Economic Forum ranked climate change and related environmental issues as the top five global risks likely to occur within the next ten years. Yet, the international community still has far to go in showing increased ambition on mitigation, adaptation, and other ways to tackle climate change. Scientific information is a vital component for society to make informed decisions about how to reduce the magnitude of climate change and how to adapt to its impacts. This booklet serves as a key reference document for decision makers, policy makers, educators, and others seeking authoritative answers about the current state of climate-change science. We are grateful that six years ago, under the leadership of Dr. Ralph J. Cicerone, former President of the National Academy of Sciences, and Sir Paul Nurse, former President of the Royal Society, these two organizations partnered to produce a highlevel overview of climate change science. As current Presidents of these organizations, we are pleased to offer an update to this key reference, supported by the generosity of the Cicerone family.

Climate Change, 2024

(irip) REVISITING CLIMATE CHANGE AN OVERVIEW CLIMATE CHANGE IS ONE OF THE DEFINING ISSUES OF OUR TIME. It is now more certain than ever, based on many lines of evidence, that humans are changing Earth's climate. The atmosphere and oceans have warmed, which has been accompanied by sea level rise, a strong decline in Arctic sea ice, and other climate-related changes. The impacts of climate change on people and nature are increasingly apparent. Unprecedented flooding, heat waves, and wildfires have cost billions in damages. Habitats are undergoing rapid shifts in response to changing temperatures and precipitation patterns.