Global Climate

Climate change.

Climate change is a fact and one feels more and more in the day to day. It is not a lie invented by scientists or organizations to get money from governments. Open your eyes and your mind, do not continue to live in a pink world.
 

It is very easy for some people to cover the sun with a finger, because they have air conditioning in their homes, with water, food, sun protection, it is so simple to be selfish and think they are the only ones in the world and continue to contribute CO2 increase.

But I regret to say that climate change affects everyone, does not respect, social class, gender, color, religion, human being, animal or thing, intellectual level, etc.

What is it?
 

Climate change refers to the changes caused by man in the climate, is caused by an increase in the amount of gases in the atmosphere that trap the heat, mostly since 1900. 

It is also often called global warming as one of the most well-known effects of climate change that translates into a steady rise in Earth's temperature by emitting greenhouse gases that trap heat in the Earth's atmosphere.

What are the greenhouse gases?

There are many greenhouse gases responsible for the additional heating of the atmosphere, which are mostly produced by humans. 

Much of these gases come from the combustion of fossil fuels from cars, factories and the production of electricity. Carbon dioxide (CO2) is the gas responsible for most of the warming. Other contributors are methane expelled from landfills and agriculture (especially from the digestive systems of grazing animals), nitrous oxide from fertilizers, gases used for refrigeration and industrial processes.

  

Consequences of climate change.

• Sea level will increase as water expands as it warms and the oceans absorb more heat than the earth and also because glaciers and sea ice are melting. 
• Irregular weather patterns, such as: increased precipitation as rain, causing flooding.
• Increasing the presence of drought, places where it normally rains or snows much, as well as the lakes and rivers could be heated and dried. These droughts will make it harder to cultivate. 
• Hurricanes, tornadoes and storms caused by changes in temperature and water evaporation would occur more regularly and with greater force.
• The water available for agriculture, food production, drinking or showering will be less and less.
• Increase in forest fires. 
• Air quality will continue to worsen. 
• If global warming is not controlled, it is estimated that the human population will decrease by 75%. 
• Many plants, animals and humans will be extinguished.

What can we do?

Only we humans can help the planet, of course if we want to continue living, we can perform simple actions that will benefit the planet as:

• Reduce CO2 emissions. 
• Save energy. 
• Reduce, Reuse and Recycle. 
• Plant trees.

For their part, the governments of several countries are within the instruments of the United Nations.   

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.

The United Nations is at the forefront of efforts to save our planet. In 1992, the Earth Summit resulted in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change as the first step in addressing the problem. It currently has a total of 197 countries that have ratified the Convention, becoming Parties to it. The ultimate goal of the Convention is to prevent "dangerous" human interference with the climate system. 

Kyoto Protocol.
In 1995 countries began negotiations to strengthen the global response to climate change and, two years later, adopted the Kyoto Protocol. It legally obliges the developed countries that are part of the Protocol to meet emission reduction targets. The first commitment period of the Protocol began in 2008 and ended in 2012. The second commitment period began on January 1, 2013 and will end in 2020. Today there are 192 countries in the Kyoto Protocol.

Paris Agreement.

At the 21st Conference in Paris, a historic agreement was reached with the aim of combating climate change and accelerating and intensifying the actions and investments needed for a sustainable low carbon future.

The main objective of the Paris Agreement is to strengthen the global response to the threat of climate change by keeping the world's temperature rise below 2 ° C below pre-industrial levels in this century and to continue efforts to limit further Increasing the temperature to 1.5.

On April 22, 2016, on Earth Day, 175 world leaders signed the Paris Agreement at United Nations Headquarters in New York. This was, by far, the international agreement that more countries signed in a single day. Others have also signed it since then.

http://www.un.org/en/sections/issues-depth/climate-change/index.html