What is Climate Change?
A change in the statistical distribution of weather patterns when that change lasts for an extended period of at least 30 years.
What is climate variability?
Variations (ups and downs) in climatic conditions on time scales of months, years or less than three decades
What is climate change adaptation?
Changes in processes, practices, and structures to moderate potential damages or to benefit from opportunities associated with climate change
What is climate change mitigation?
Any activity that results in reduction of greenhouse gas emission or removal of greenhouse gases from the atmosphere.
When did climate change begin?
Climate change begun in the decades after the industrial revolution which started in the 1700s. People started to use machines powered by water, steam and later petroleum products, a form of fossil fuels. Burning of fossil fuels produces carbon dioxide (CO2), one of the main greenhouse gases that cause global warming.
What is global warming?
Global warming is the increase of Earth’s average surface temperature due to effect of greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide emissions from burning fossil fuels or from deforestation, which trap heat that would otherwise escape from Earth. This is a type of greenhouse effect.
What is the Inter-Governmental Panel of Climate Change (IPCC)?
The IPCC is a panel made up of global experts. It was set up in 1988 by the World Meteorogical Organisation and the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP). It is seeks to establish and avail the latest information about climate change. The information is published in the IPPCC periodic assessment reports