GLOBAL WARMING AND PLANET

Climate change deniers have argued that there has been a “pause” or a “slowdown” in rising global temperatures. Now climate scientists have concluded that we must limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius by 2040 if we are to avoid a future in which everyday life around the world is marked by its worst most devastating effects: the extreme droughts wildfires floods tropical storms and other disasters that we refer to collectively as climate change. These effects are felt by all people in one way or another but are experienced most acutely by the underprivileged the economically marginalized and people of colour for whom climate change is often a key driver of poverty displacement hunger and social unrest. Since the Industrial Revolution the global annual temperature has increased. Floods Storms causes Deaths infectious disease outbreaks mental health impacts on affected communities. Air pollution increased concentrations of ground - level ozone smog and fine particulate matter increasing premature mortality and hospitalization