Climate Change Facts

SOURCE : http://catholicclimatemovement.global/climate-change-facts/

There is a strong scientific consensus that climate change is caused by human action and will very likely have catastrophic consequences if not tackled urgently (and the poor will suffer the most). The world needs a fair, ambitious and legally binding global agreement in the COP21 summit at Paris to keep the global temperature increase below 1.5 degree Celsius (relative to pre-industrial levels).

The latest scientific findings are best summarized in the latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which is the internationally accepted authority on climate change scientific matters, operating in a peer-reviewed format and leveraging the inputs of thousands of scientists and other experts. This report was explicitly supported by several Vatican statements, such as the ones by the Holy See delegation at the UNFCCCby the Chancellor of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences and Social Sciences, and by the President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace.

The latest climate change IPCC report is summarized in this document and in this official IPCC video:

Here is another great video illustrating how global temperature is dangerously increasing:

More resources on the science of human-induced climate change:

More resources on how to transition to a low-carbon economy:


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