Global Warming

Extracted Attributes

• Definition

  Ongoing increase in Earth's average temperature

• Key Solutions

  Phasing out fossil fuel subsidies, improving energy conservation, transitioning to renewable energy sources (wind, solar, hydro, nuclear power), and carbon removal methods (increasing forest cover, carbon-capturing farming)

• Primary Drivers

  Human activities, including fossil fuel burning, deforestation, and certain agricultural and industrial practices

• Historical Context

  Since the Industrial Revolution

• Key Greenhouse Gas

  Carbon dioxide

• Major Consequences

  Expanding deserts, more frequent heat waves and wildfires, thawing permafrost, declining sea ice, more intense storms and droughts, ocean warming, ocean acidification, sea-level rise, threats to ecosystems and species, increased flooding, extreme heat, food and water scarcity, disease, economic loss

• Geopolitical Impact

  Melting Arctic Ice Shelf influencing geopolitical strategies, particularly concerning the opening of new shipping lanes (Northern Passage)

• Paris Agreement Goal

  Limit warming 'well under 2 °C', ideally 1.5 °C

• Target for 1.5 °C Goal

  Halving emissions by 2030 and achieving net-zero emissions by 2050

• Projected Warming (with current pledges)

  Approximately 2.8 °C by the end of the century

• Observed Temperature Increase (since 1850)

  1.60 °C (2.88 °F) as of 2024

Timeline

• Start of regular global temperature tracking, marking the baseline for observed warming. (Source: Wikipedia, NASA Science)

  1850

• Pre-industrial period, used as a baseline for measuring global temperature increase. (Source: NASA Science)

  1850-1900

• The Paris Agreement was adopted, with nations collectively agreeing to keep warming 'well under 2 °C', ideally 1.5 °C. (Source: Wikipedia, NRDC)

  2015-12-12

• Recorded as the warmest year, with a global average temperature increase of +1.60 °C (2.88 °F) since 1850. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2024

• Target year for halving global emissions to stay on track for the 1.5 °C warming limit. (Source: summary, Wikipedia)

  2030

• Target year for achieving net-zero emissions to stay on track for the 1.5 °C warming limit. (Source: summary, Wikipedia)

  2050

• Projected year by which global warming would reach approximately 2.8 °C (5.0 °F) based on current pledges under the Paris Agreement. (Source: summary, Wikipedia)

  2100

Climate change

Present-day climate change includes both global warming—the ongoing increase in global average temperature—and its wider effects on Earth's climate system. Climate change in a broader sense also includes previous long-term changes to Earth's climate. The current rise in global temperatures is driven by human activities, especially fossil fuel burning since the Industrial Revolution. Fossil fuel use, deforestation, and some agricultural and industrial practices release greenhouse gases. These gases absorb some of the heat that the Earth radiates after it warms from sunlight, warming the lower atmosphere. Carbon dioxide, the primary gas driving global warming, has increased in concentration by about 50% since the pre-industrial era to levels not seen for millions of years. Climate change has an increasingly large impact on the environment. Deserts are expanding, while heat waves and wildfires are becoming more common. Amplified warming in the Arctic has contributed to thawing permafrost, retreat of glaciers and sea ice decline. Higher temperatures are also causing more intense storms, droughts, and other weather extremes. Rapid environmental change in mountains, coral reefs, and the Arctic is forcing many species to relocate or become extinct. Even if efforts to minimize future warming are successful, some effects will continue for centuries. These include ocean heating, ocean acidification and sea level rise. Climate change threatens people with increased flooding, extreme heat, increased food and water scarcity, more disease, and economic loss. Human migration and conflict can also be a result. The World Health Organization calls climate change one of the biggest threats to global health in the 21st century. Societies and ecosystems will experience more severe risks without action to limit warming. Adapting to climate change through efforts like flood control measures or drought-resistant crops partially reduces climate change risks, although some limits to adaptation have already been reached. Poorer communities are responsible for a small share of global emissions, yet have the least ability to adapt and are most vulnerable to climate change. Many climate change impacts have been observed in the first decades of the 21st century, with 2024 the warmest on record at +1.60 °C (2.88 °F) since regular tracking began in 1850. Additional warming will increase these impacts and can trigger tipping points, such as melting all of the Greenland ice sheet. Under the 2015 Paris Agreement, nations collectively agreed to keep warming "well under 2 °C". However, with pledges made under the Agreement, global warming would still reach about 2.8 °C (5.0 °F) by the end of the century. Limiting warming to 1.5 °C would require halving emissions by 2030 and achieving net-zero emissions by 2050. There is widespread support for climate action worldwide. Fossil fuels can be phased out by stopping subsidising them, conserving energy and switching to energy sources that do not produce significant carbon pollution. These energy sources include wind, solar, hydro, and nuclear power. Cleanly generated electricity can replace fossil fuels for powering transportation, heating buildings, and running industrial processes. Carbon can also be removed from the atmosphere, for instance by increasing forest cover and farming with methods that capture carbon in soil.

Web Search Results

• What Is Climate Change? - NASA Science

  Global warming is the long-term heating of Earth’s surface observed since the pre-industrial period (between 1850 and 1900) due to human activities, primarily fossil fuel burning, which increases heat-trapping greenhouse gas levels in Earth’s atmosphere. This term is not interchangeable with the term "climate change." [...] “Climate change” and “global warming” are often used interchangeably but have distinct meanings. Similarly, the terms "weather" and "climate" are sometimes confused, though they refer to events with broadly different spatial- and timescales. ## What Is Global Warming? global_warming_2022 [...] Changes observed in Earth’s climate since the mid-20th century are driven by human activities, particularly fossil fuel burning, which increases heat-trapping greenhouse gas levels in Earth’s atmosphere, raising Earth’s average surface temperature. Natural processes, which have been overwhelmed by human activities, can also contribute to climate change, including internal variability (e.g., cyclical ocean patterns like El Niño, La Niña and the Pacific Decadal Oscillation) and external forcings

• Global Warming 101 - Definition, Facts, Causes and Effects ... - NRDC

  Global warming results from the increasing concentration of carbon dioxide (CO2) and other greenhouse gases that trap heat in the earth’s atmosphere. This trapped energy comes from incoming solar radiation absorbed by the earth’s surface and re-radiated back into the atmosphere as infrared energy. [...] Though natural cycles and fluctuations have caused the planet's climate to change continually over the last 800,000 years, it is human activity that has driven our current era of global warming. In particular, our burning of fossil fuels—such as coal, oil, gasoline, and natural gas—has led to the greenhouse effect. In the United States, the largest source of greenhouse gases is transportation, followed closely by electricity production and industrial activity. (Learn about the natural and human [...] In 2015, the Paris Agreement codified the recommendation of climate scientists to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius. Working toward that goal continues to give us our best chance to stave off the worst, most devastating effects of climate change: the extreme droughts, wildfires, floods, tropical storms, and other disasters that are so widespread and costly to both our infrastructure and our health. What causes global warming? ---------------------------

• What Is Global Warming? Causes, Effects & Solutions

  Global warming is raising the average temperature of the entire world, and there is a danger that it will have a significant impact on our lives, including changes in ecosystems, abnormal weather, the spread of infectious diseases, and damage to agricultural and fishery products. INDEX ## What is Global Warming? An easy-to-understand explanation of the causes and mechanisms! ### Major Causes and Mechanisms of Global Warming ### Current Status of Global Warming [...] Trends and breakdown of greenhouse gas emissions since 1990 (Source: IPCC) ## Impact of Global Warming on the Environment ### sea level rise ### Ecosystem Change ### Climate change, increased disasters ### Damage to crops and livestock industry ### Effects on the human body ### Impact on Japan ## Future Initiatives for Global Warming ### Energy conservation measures ### renewable energy ### Hydrogen Utilization ### EV/FCV introduction ### CCS [...] ## What We Can Do to Prevent Global Warming Share this article ## Related Articles 2023.04.10 Column [Report on the Decarbonization Management EXPO] Green & Circular's Proposals for Utilizing Decarbonization Solutions 2022.08.01 Column The right way to proceed and think about decarbonization 2022.08.01 Column Hear about Global Trends to Realize a Decarbonized Society 2024.10.21 Solutions｜Offset

• Climate change - Wikipedia

  "Global warming" redirects here. For other uses, see Climate change (disambiguation) "Climate change (disambiguation)") and Global warming (disambiguation) "Global warming (disambiguation)"). Image 7: The global map shows sea temperature rises of 0.5 to 1 degree Celsius; land temperature rises of 1 to 2 degrees Celsius; and Arctic temperature rises of up to 4 degrees Celsius. [...] The IPCC Sixth Assessment Report (2021) included projections that by 2100 global warming is very likely to reach 1.0–1.8°C under a scenario with very low emissions of greenhouse gases "Shared Socioeconomic Pathways"), 2.1–3.5°C under an intermediate emissions scenario "Shared Socioeconomic Pathways"), or 3.3–5.7°C under a very high emissions scenario "Shared Socioeconomic Pathways").( The warming will continue past 2100 in the intermediate and high emission scenarios,( with future projections [...] describes both global warming and its effects on Earth's climate system, such as precipitation changes.(

• Causes and Effects of Climate Change | United Nations

  As greenhouse gas emissions blanket the Earth, they trap the sun’s heat. This leads to global warming and climate change. The world is now warming faster than at any point in recorded history. Warmer temperatures over time are changing weather patterns and disrupting the usual balance of nature. This poses many risks to human beings and all other forms of life on Earth. Image 2: Industry and Transport [...] Climate change is changing water availability, making it scarcer in more regions. Global warming exacerbates water shortages in already water-stressed regions and is leading to an increased risk of agricultural droughts affecting crops, and ecological droughts increasing the vulnerability of ecosystems. Droughts can also stir destructive sand and dust storms that can move billions of tons of sand across continents. Deserts are expanding, reducing land for growing food. Many people now face the [...] The ocean soaks up most of the heat from global warming. The rate at which the ocean is warming strongly increased over the past two decades, across all depths of the ocean. As the ocean warms, its volume increases since water expands as it gets warmer. Melting ice sheets also cause sea levels to rise, threatening coastal and island communities. In addition, the ocean absorbs carbon dioxide, keeping it from the atmosphere. But more carbon dioxide makes the ocean more acidic, which endangers

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