Climate Change
Climate change leads to increasing temperatures, melting ice, rising water levels, greater precipitation, and greater risk of drought and other extremes.
Climate change is one of the greatest challenges we face today. Over the last 100 years, the average global temperature has risen by 0.74°C, and the amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere has increased by approximately 33 per cent compared to pre-industrial levels. The UN climate change panel (IPCC) estimates that the temperature will increase by a further 1-4 degrees, unless international agreements are established to limit emissions.
Unless we are able to stabilise and reduce the anthropogenic contributors to global warming in the years ahead, we can expect further increases in temperature.