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A related phenomenon driven by climate change is woody plant encroachment, affecting up to 500 million hectares globally. [231] Climate change has contributed to the expansion of drier climate zones, such as the expansion of deserts in the subtropics. [232] The size and speed of global warming is making abrupt changes in ecosystems more likely ...
The 2018 United Nations Climate Change Conference, more commonly referred to as the Katowice Climate Change Conference or COP24, was the 24th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. [ 1] It was held between 2 and 15 December 2018 at the International Congress Centre in Katowice, Poland.
The 2017 United Nations Climate Change Conference ( COP23) was an international meeting of political leaders, non-state actors and activists to discuss environmental issues. It was held at UN Campus in Bonn, Germany, during 6–17 November 2017. [1] The conference incorporated the 23rd Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework ...
Human activities — the way we heat our homes, fuel our cars and produce food — all contribute to greenhouse gas emissions, which is part of a process that causes the temperature of the planet ...
Main sources of global methane emissions (2008-2017) according to the Global Carbon Project [ 40] Methane emissions come from livestock, manure, rice cultivation, landfills, wastewater, and coal mining, as well as oil and gas extraction. [ 41] Nitrous oxide emissions largely come from the microbial decomposition of fertiliser.
Deforestation and climate change. Deforestation in the tropics – given as the annual average between 2010 and 2014 – was responsible for 2.6 billion tonnes of CO 2 per year. That was 6.5% of global CO 2 emissions. Deforestation is a primary contributor to climate change, [ 1][ 2] and climate change affects the health of forests. [ 3]
A 2023 review study published in One Earth stated that opinion polls show that most people perceive climate change as occurring now and close by. [174] The study concluded that seeing climate change as more distant does not necessarily result in less climate action, and reducing psychological distancing does not reliably increase climate action ...
Increase of average yearly temperature (2000-2017) above the 20th century average in selected cities in Europe [1]. Climate change has resulted in an increase in temperature of 2.3 °C (4.14 °F) (2022) in Europe compared to pre-industrial levels.