Strategies for mitigation of climate change: a review
Queen's University Belfast · Letterkenny Institute of Technology
Abstract
Abstract Climate change is defined as the shift in climate patterns mainly caused by greenhouse gas emissions from natural systems and human activities. So far, anthropogenic activities have caused about 1.0 °C of global warming above the pre-industrial level and this is likely to reach 1.5 °C between 2030 and 2052 if the current emission rates persist. In 2018, the world encountered 315 cases of natural disasters which are mainly related to the climate. Approximately 68.5 million people were affected, and economic losses amounted to $131.7 billion, of which storms, floods, wildfires and droughts accounted for approximately 93%. Economic losses attributed to wildfires in 2018 alone are almost equal to the…
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4Topics & keywords
- Climate change
- Ecotoxicology
- Environmental science
- Environmental planning
- Environmental resource management
- Environmental chemistry
- Chemistry
- Ecology
- Climate action