We can control global warming by controlling carbon emissions and other such factors that play a role in the formation of the greenhouse effect.
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Global temperatures will this year reach a sobering halfway point to the warming limit that can’t be surpassed if the worst effects of the growing problem of climate change are to be avoided, scientists have cautioned.
Sea levels are lagging behind because of the natural inertia of the climate system, with 20 centimetres of global mean sea level rise observed since pre-industrial levels.
A new report released by the World Bank says that climate change can force 100 million people into poverty as it can lead to lesser crop yields, increase deadly, contagious diseases such as malaria and diarrhea and force people to migrate.
The report found that the poorest people are more exposed than the average population to climate-related shocks such as floods, droughts, heat waves and they lose much more of their wealth when they are hit.
More than 100 million people could be pushed back into poverty within 15 years due to rising temperatures and extreme weather, the World Bank has warned.
Climate change is an acute and pressing threat to the poor and any climate stabilization policies must be integrated with efforts to eliminate poverty, according to a new report from the World Bank. Stephane Hallegatte, one of the authors, said that one of the unique features of the report was that instead of analyzing the macro-economic impact of climate change it was based in part on surveys of 1.4 million people in 92 countries.
To date, there are now 702 million people in the world today who are living below the poverty line according World Bank statistics.
Queensland Greens Senator Larissa Waters said the report was more evidence the world had to act.
Its core science enables UK Government and industry to make decisions which will help the United Kingdom become more resilient to climate variability and change, and benefit from opportunities for growth.
“It’s clear we need to take urgent action to tackle global warming and move to a low carbon future, that’s why I want an agreement on a global deal to tackle climate change in Paris this December”.
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In Africa, the world’s poorest region, climate change could cause food prices to rise as high as 12 percent in 2030 and 70 percent by 2080, it noted.
