...also concluded there's a better than 95 percent probability that human-produced greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide have caused much of the observed increase in Earth's temperatures over the past 50 years. Humans have increased atmospheric CO2 concentration by more than a third since the Industrial Revolution began. Global climate is projected to continue to change over this century and beyond. The magnitude of climate change beyond the next few decades depends primarily on two things, the amount of heat-trapping gases emitted globally, and how sensitive the Earth’s climate is to those emissions. Putting all of this into context, a person has already been born who will die due to catastrophic failure of the panet. If you were born last year, following along current emissions trends, the planet will be 2.2°C–4.8°C hotter than preindustrial times by your retirement. That’s above temperatures recommended to be in the supposed “safe” zone by the IPCC. The U.S Global Change Research Program concluded that Increased heat, drought and insect outbreaks, all linked to climate change, have increased wildfires. Declining water supplies, and reduced agricultural yields. Health impacts in cities due to heat, and flooding and erosion in coastal areas are additional concerns. If I had been giving this speech 20 years ago this would be the part where I state that if we shift to green energy and improve our control on emissions than all would be remedied, unfortunately...
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