In 2008, Diplo started to wonder how we could illustrate the complexities of the global climate change regime with all its implications and interconnections. The Anthropocenes origin can be determined at different times in our history, with some degree of confidence: for some it is the invention of the steam engine back in 1784 and the subsequent industrial revolution, and for others it is when we began to cause the mass extinction of cohabitant species of flora and fauna. There's a big difference between 'climate change' and 'global warming', at least, semantically speaking. * Written and produced by Matthew Lazin-Ryder. Adaptation vs. Mitigation | METEO 469: From Meteorology to Mitigation 440,105 Climate Change Images, Stock Photos & Vectors | Shutterstock Weve already got the right technological tools to address climate change clean energy such as solar and wind, with proper scaling, could reliably and affordably provide up to 40 percent of U.S. electricity by 2030, and 80 percent by 2050, according to theUnion of Concerned Scientists. We inhale those hydrocarbons knowing well that well pay later. "The science of climate change is unequivocal. Audience Relations, CBC P.O. David Camerons speech at the Paris climate conference on Monday. During the Paleocene (56 million years ago), global temperatures rose from 5 to 8 degrees Celsius, a circumstance that triggered a radical change in the living conditions of the planet, to the point of no return that the warmer climate caused erosion and floods that released more carbon dioxide from the earth into the atmosphere. Climate Fiction Will Not Save Us These gases trap the Sun's heat and cause the planet's temperature to rise. If we continue in the same direction, humankind is headed for some frightful ordeals, if not extinction., 20. Flash droughts, the kind that arrive quickly and can lay waste to crops in a matter of weeks, are becoming more common and faster to develop around the world, and human-caused climate. ThePlan? Fossil fuel divestment activists re-imagine how the war metaphor can be used in climate change action to transform thinking around what will lead to a sustainable society. Put one in cold water and slowly bring it to the boil? Climate change resembles a house on fire. Its a challenge to illustrate the complexities of climate change; its a challenge one must confront when teaching and advocating on climate change. Factor four, Im not so certain about yet. We immediately grasp the problems they are experiencing, because we understand the need to hunt and the feeling of hunger linked to the pure instinct of survival, and we can almost connect the dots in their entirety to imagine what climate change is, even if we do not call it that, and the footprints it leaves for us to perceive. Therefore, I believe there is still much to do, and these quotes on climate change will help us all take nature with the seriousness it deserves. Heres what that means for our lives. And rising sea levels put at risk the very survival of all small island states. Indeed, experiencing extreme weather the most clear and present impact of climate change is not even enough to convince climate skeptics.