Why does a global temperature increase of 1.5°C matter?
Source: https://ypard net/2020-02-25/cimate-change-dying-worid
Global warming of 1°C or 1.5°C represents an average across the planet – many places will warm faster, and see
far greater temperature increases. For example, the Arctic is warming 2-3 times faster than any other place on Earth.
The effects of global heating are far-reaching, including rising sea levels, glacier retreat, changes of seasonal events
(plants flowering, migration patterns), and a rise in the frequency and severity of extreme weather events. These
[5] categories of impacts have direct and indirect consequences on people and wildlife. Direct consequences include
displacement of people and communities -______sea level rise and extreme weather events, whereas indirect
consequences may include disruptions to economic development, food production, escalation in water crises, and
increased public health risks.
The impacts of climate change will not be evenly felt around the world – people living in the poorest countries and
[10] in geographically vulnerable regions (small-island states) will be first and most significantly impacted. This is
because communities living in poverty are more likely to be exposed to environmental hazards, are often more
dependent on natural resource-based livelihoods _______ agriculture, and have fewer resources to cope with
climate impacts.
Each fractional degree of warming also results in outsized impacts on biodiversity and species extinction, and
[15] disturbances in natural ecosystems. Even if carbon emissions in the atmosphere can be absorbed and stabilized
over a long period of time, many of the impacts on wildlife, land, water, and people will be undone once they occur,
which makes halting the release of greenhouse gas emissions, and limiting global warming as much as possible,
the first priority.
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