Climate change in the Sahel
Climate change is a real phenomenon that is occurring throughout the world and causing problems that stress and cause a variety of problems and issues in society. Some effects of climate change are rising sea levels, increased average temperatures, loss of ice sheet cover, hotter more recurrent droughts and changes in precipitation. Climate change and land degradation have affected the Sahel region of Africa by causing a decrease in arable land and this will lead to conflict and cause millions to become climate change refugees.
Even though many countries worldwide have pledged to stop adding more CO2 to the atmosphere, global climate change is inevitable and temperatures will surely rise after 200 years of intense pollution
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In 2008 the United Nations send an advisor Jan Egeland to the Sahel and he brought three major risks to the Sahel. Egeland noted that due to climate change communities that depend on natural resources like farming and herding will be stressed, there will be more migrations and refugees due to climactic disaster and there will be a possibility of conflicts over the little remaining natural resources (http://postconflict.unep.ch/publications/UNEP_Sahel_EN.pdf). It is simple human nature to have an innate desire to live and pass on our genes. Therefore, once the populations living in the Sahel start seeing more intense droughts and famines, there will be an increase in conflict over natural resources. A prime example of the severity of these conflicts is the Darfur genocide. Darfur is located in the Northeastern African country of Sudan. During the 1080’s through 1990’s most of the Sahel went through intense droughts and severe weather patterns, which according to Colombia University researched Alessandra Giannini was not attributed to local Sahel activities like overgrazing or deforestation rather it was caused by “changes to the global climate.” However desertification, which is a major
adverse impacts of climate change in sub-Saharan Africa, the region will remain vulnerable to the effects of climate change (FAO, 2009).
The Republic of South Sudan believes that climate change is a significant issue. Climate change affects every human, animal, and being in every country on Earth and a solution is needed immediately. Specifically, rising sea levels are destroying homes, lives, and entire communities. South Sudan is one of the most underdeveloped countries in the world with about 50% of the population living in poverty. Many people in South Sudan do not have reliable access to a sufficient quantity of nutritious food, all of which is being worsened by of Climate change. Although South Sudan doesn’t have any coasts, it is still affected by rising sea levels. Rising sea levels have caused torrential downpours throughout South Sudan, resulting in flooding. The flooding has destroyed entire towns in rural areas and
Climate change which manifests itself as variations in rainfall patterns and temperature adversely impacts the economic and social survival of the majority of the population in Africa and particularly in sub Saharan Africa. Water resources, agriculture (crop production and animal husbandry), health, ecosystems and biodiversity, forestry and coastal zones are the most vulnerable areas or sectors to climate change in Africa. These are the major sources of livelihood for millions of the continent’s rural poor. Climate change remains a major threat for food security and sustainable management of natural resources. If adequate measures are not taken to adapt to the adverse consequences of climate change in sub-Sahara Africa, the region were reported to remain vulnerable to the widespread effects of climate change. If the trend is not reversed, there is predicted loss of 2-7% of GDP by 2100 in parts of sub-Sahara Africa; 2-4% and 0.4-1.3% in West and central Africa, and northern and southern Africa respectively (FAO, 2009).
Climate change is one of the biggest problems the whole world is collectively facing. Even though climate change is partially caused by the natural cycles of Earth, humans I think are still a major part of it and I think that we can do more to protect the environment that we live in. Climate change happens when temperatures increase dramatically. When climate change causes temperature rises many environmental problems can occur here on earth . Temperatures rising can result in more floods, droughts, or flooding rain, as well as more frequent and severe heat waves which can cause wildfires. Oceans and the Antarctic Ice Glaciers have also experienced changes in oceans that are rising temperatures and are becoming more acidic. The Antarctic ice glaciers are melting and sea levels are rising destroying many habitats along the ice glaciers such as penguins and polar bears. As these changes frequently occur in future decades, they will likely present challenges to our society and environment.
Climate change is a change in the usual weather that is found in a place. "A change in global or regional climate patterns, in particular a change apparent from the mid to late 20th century onwards and attributed largely to the increased levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide produced by the use of fossil fuels (Oxforddictionaries.com, September 25, 2017)." Climate change has been an ongoing controversial global issue about the effects that it has had on the Earth. Some people would rather deal with climate change later, than now, claiming it is a problem for the distant future. But the effects that scientists have predicted in the past are occurring now, such as loss of sea ice, accelerated sea level rise, and longer, more intense heat waves. If we do not take action now, we could be facing some serious issues in the future. "Scientists have high confidence that global temperatures will continue to rise for decades to come, largely due to greenhouse gases produced by human activities. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which includes more than 1,300 scientists from the United States and other countries, forecasts a temperature rise of 2.5 to 10 degrees Fahrenheit over the next century.
When we hear the word "climate change" many things popped into our minds. Many people believe that climate change exists and others believe it is all hysterical hype. Whether you believe it or not climate change is real and it affects everyone around the world. Climate change is defined as a change in the average weather. Climate change is natural, however, in the last few hundred years it has been artificially sped up because of the actions humans take every day. Climate change can be caused by various activities such as anthropogenic and natural causes. Anthropogenic causes are the results of human activities, which includes, chemical fertilizer, deforestation, increase in vehicles, industries and the emission of CO2 etc. On the other hand, natural causes are ocean currents, forest fire, volcanic eruptions etc. When climate change occurs; temperatures can rise and when the temperature rises, many different changes can occur in the atmosphere and climate of the Earth. For example, the outcome can be more floods, droughts, extreme rainfall, and severe heat waves. In addition, oceans are getting warmer and becoming more acidic, glaciers are melting to a great extent, and sea levels are rising. We are also seeing a huge change in the season's length like winter season is getting short and summer season is getting long. In some parts of the world, there is a decrease in the snowfall amounts. The natural disasters that we are facing now a day such as earthquakes, storm, thunder,
Climate change has been occurring for thousands of years whether naturally or due to human activity.
Climate change is defined as a change in the Earth’s usual temperature or general weather. Climate change is occurring all over the world, and whether people think it is a problem or not, climate change is affecting the world politically, socially, economically, and geographically. Some of the natural causes include Earth’s orbital change, volcanic eruptions, and continental drift. Not only is it natural causes that initiates the climate change, but it is also perpetuated by human activity such as deforestation, traffic, and the energy industry.
Climate Change is a serious social issue that can have devastating effects on human health, the Earth’s climate, and other organisms that live here. Climate Change is caused by increasing Co2 levels in the atmosphere. Because of climate change, there has been an increase natural disasters including hurricanes, tornadoes, droughts, and thunderstorms. These Natural disasters are life threatening and are a serious issue.
The most noticeable impact of climate change has been on the impact of weather patterns. Jeannifer Francis has proposed a thesis that the warming arctic is changing weather patterns in temperature latitudes by altering the behavior of the northern polar jet stream. Climate change can affect other things that we do not think of however. An increase in the sea level leads to an increase level of norovirus bacterium which leads to a higher rate of the stomach flu. (CITE)
Climate change is a change of our Earth’s climate throughout a long period of time. An example of climate change is the glaciers melting in the Arctic. When the glaciers it signals that our Earth is warming. This is a very serious issue because if the Earth is warming it can cause more intense storms or make it easier for natural disasters. Natural disasters are already a big enough problem as they are. Climate change is something we can not throw to the side. This is something that will eventually have very negative effects of life. In this century the Earth’s temperature has raised about 1 degree Fahrenheit. Even the littlest change such as this makes a very big difference.
Climate change is defined as a “change of climate that is attributed directly or indirectly to human activity that alters the composition of the global atmosphere, and that is in addition to natural climate variability observed over comparable time periods" (UNFCC, 1992). (source(GoK, 2012). Which is understood as the average change in weather patterns over an extended period, caused by both human activities and natural factors. These factors include deforestation from increasing human population and activities, industrialization, urbanization, volcanic eruptions, etc. These events lead to excess carbon
Climate change is happening and it's is devastating.For example, is is affecting glaciers, the Southwest region, oceans,and agriculture. People know that climate change is happening because of studies shown in multiple places.For example, studies show that temperatures in the southwest have increased by almost two degrees Fahrenheit. This shows that climate change is devastating because increasing temperatures can cause damage to the environment. Also glaciers are melting consistently because of climate change and less snow. According to “National Snow and Ice Data Center” The amount of land, sea ice that is covered in snow has decreased between 1966 and 2010, over many Northern Hemisphere Regions. From this you can see that climate change is affecting the world by temperature increases and glaciers melting. All in all climate change is affecting the environment and humans in negative ways.
Everything is affected by climate change. Like socity, oceans, animal species and many other things. Many people disagree on what caused climate change. Some people say it is caused by natural causes and the natural orbit of the earth. Some people say that the some of the cause was from humans or even the only cause if from humans. In recent research people have concluded that there are nature things that can influence climate change but the is no way to explain it without bringing humans and society into the equation. Humans have been affecting the earth's atmosphere for many years. Climate change is mainly caused by humans and no nature.
When people discuss climate change, they are talking about the ways in which the environment is shifting from the usual patterns observed historically to new, unpredictable patterns. Depending on which geographical region is being discussed, effects of climate change include changes in temperatures or extremes in precipitation, decreases in levels of snow and rising sea levels. Scientists believe climate change is caused or increased by humans, mainly in energy and gas emissions, but can also include deforestation and land use on smaller geographical scales. Areas with stronger impacts on pollution and increasing climate change tend to be more developed nations. There is much debate in the political and scientific sectors as to how rapidly these changes will occur. Political unrest over these