Proposition Climate change on a massive scale is a done deal. Society should focus on adapting to it. For: Opening F.O.1 In a major milestone for the collective acknowledgement of impending disaster, nations around the world gathered at COP21 in Paris and agreed that “climate change represents an urgent and potentially irreversible threat to human societies and the planet and thus requires the widest possible cooperation by all countries.” Two primary goals were identified at the conference: 1. limit the increase in the global average temperature to “well below 2°C above pre-industrial levels” (which is approximately 3.6°F) and 2. increase the capacity of the world at large to “adapt to the adverse impacts of climate change.”
Climate change is a done deal.
Climate change is a done deal.
Climate change is a done deal.
Proposition Climate change on a massive scale is a done deal. Society should focus on adapting to it. For: Opening F.O.1 In a major milestone for the collective acknowledgement of impending disaster, nations around the world gathered at COP21 in Paris and agreed that “climate change represents an urgent and potentially irreversible threat to human societies and the planet and thus requires the widest possible cooperation by all countries.” Two primary goals were identified at the conference: 1. limit the increase in the global average temperature to “well below 2°C above pre-industrial levels” (which is approximately 3.6°F) and 2. increase the capacity of the world at large to “adapt to the adverse impacts of climate change.”