What is Climate change

Climate change is a significant and lasting change

in the statistical distribution of weather patterns
over periods ranging from decades to millions of
years.
It may be a change in the average weather
conditions or a change in the distribution of
weather events with respect to an average, for
example, greater or fewer extreme weather
events.
Climate change may be limited to a specific
region, or may occur across the whole Earth.


Industrialization
The process in which a society or
country (or world) transforms
itself from a primarily agricultural
society into one based on the
manufacturing of goods and
services.
Human-caused pollution, from
factories, fossil fuel combustion and
other activities, is contributing to an
enhanced greenhouse effect and
global warming
Transportation
Transport is responsible for
more than 20% of carbon
dioxide (CO2) emissions which
cause global warming.
The real challenge lies in the fact that
while other sectors have managed to
reduce their emissions, in the transport
sector emissions have been consistently
increasing. Curbing this increase and
reducing transport emissions is one of
the vital steps in combating global
warming.
Poor Agricultural Practices
Agriculture has been shown to produce significant
effects on climate change, primarily through the production
and release of greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide,
methane, and nitrous oxide, but also by altering the Earth's
land cover, which can change its ability to absorb or reflect
heat and light, thus contributing to radiative forcing. Land use
change such as deforestation and desertification, together with
use of fossil fuels, are the major anthropogenic sources of
carbon dioxide; agriculture itself is the major contributor to
increasing methane and nitrous oxide concentrations in Earth's
atmosphere.
Illegal Practices
Illegal logging is the harvest,
transportation, purchase or sale of
timber in violation of laws. The
harvesting procedure itself may be
illegal, including using corrupt means to
gain access to forests; extraction without
permission or from a protected area; the
cutting of protected species; or the
extraction of timber in excess of agreed
limits
Slash-and-burn (kaingin) is an
agricultural technique which
involves cutting and burning of
forests or woodlands to create
fields.
Mining
Mining is the extraction of valuable
minerals or other geological materials
from the earth from an orebody, lode,
vein, seam, or reef, which forms the
mineralized package of economic
interest to the miner.
The nature of mining processes
creates a potential negative impact
on the environment both during the
mining operations and for years
after the mine is closed. This impact
has led to most of the world's
nations adopting regulations to
moderate the negative effects of
mining operations.
Improper Disposal of Garbage
Waste disposal is the act of
taking items that no longer
have value to be destroyed.


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Prepared by Ms. Karen B. Ongcol