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CLIMATE CHANGE

THE CORE OF THE PROBLEM

source: www.unfccc.int/essential_
background/items/2877.php

http://www.greenpeace.org/
international/campaigns/
climate-change/science

The evidence for climate change is now overwhelming and there is widespread scientific consensus that it is already taking place…

since the industrial revolution about 850 billion tonnes of CO2 have been emitted due to combustion of fossil fuels, oil, coal and natural gas. An additional 370 billion tonnes have been added through changes in land use and deforestation;

every year humans emit around 25 billion tonnes of CO2 into the atmosphere, which equals approximately 48,000 tonnes every minute;

over the past 100 years, the global average temperature has risen by about 0.6°C and the European average temperature by 0.95°C;

global temperature is expected to increase by another 1.4 to 5.8°C by the year 2100, and by 2.0 to 6.3°C in Europe - a rapid and profound change that will continue unless additional action is taken. Scientists tell us that globally the ten warmest years on record all occurred after 1991;

the world's glaciers have been melting and retreating, while the extent of Arctic sea-ice has been shrinking. Global average sea level rose by 10-20 cm during the 20th century.

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