HUMANITY GLOBAL AND CLIMATE CHANGE
The effects of climate change on humans are far reaching and include effects on health, environment, displacement and migration, security, society, human settlement, energy and transport. Climate change has brought about possibly irreversible alterations to Earth’s geological, biological and ecological systems. These changes have led to the emergence of large-scale environmental hazards to human health, such as extreme weather ‘ozone depletion, increased danger of wildfires, loss of biodiversity, stresses to food-producing systems and the global spread of infectious diseases. In addition, climatic changes were estimated to cause over 150,000 deaths annually in 2002, with the World Health Organization estimating this number will increase to 250,000 deaths annually in the next decade.
Human-driven climate change is a key driver of biodiversity collapse and species extinction — up to one million species may go extinct by the end of the century. Recent studies show the 20 warmest years on record have been in the past 22 years, and the top four in the past four years. Over the past century, the average temperature of the Earth has risen by 1.8°F. Over the next one hundred years, scientists are projecting another 0.5 to 8.6°F rise in the temperature. The cause of this temperature change is human activities that have released large amounts of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases (such as methane, nitrous oxide and fluorinated gases) into the atmosphere. The majority of greenhouse gases come from burning fossil fuels to produce energy. Results of this global warming include rising ocean temperatures, a more acidic ocean, melting ice caps, and rising sea levels. The negative consequences of human-driven climate change will continue to accelerate with disastrous effects: sea continue to rise, inundating and eliminating nesting beaches and foraging habitat for marine wildlife; warming seas are driving ocean animals further north, leading to cold stunning and further reducing sea turtle hatchling success; and the effects of increasing ocean acidification will become more deadly to all marine life.
Our strategic litigation and advocacy campaigns enforce stronger protections for endangered species and the threats they face as climate change worsens.
We create local carbon sinks by planting thousands of native plants and trees in polluted ecosystems.
Matokeo ya mabadiliko ya hali ya hewa kwa wanadamu ni makubwa na ni pamoja na athari kwa afya, mazingira, uhamiaji na uhamiaji, usalama, jamii, makazi ya binadamu, nishati na usafiri. Mabadiliko ya hali ya hewa yameleta mabadiliko ambayo huenda yasingeweza kubadilishwa katika mifumo ya kijiolojia, kibiolojia na ikolojia ya Dunia. Mabadiliko haya yamesababisha kuibuka kwa hatari kubwa za mazingira kwa afya ya binadamu, kama vile hali ya hewa kali, uharibifu wa ozoni, hatari ya moto wa misitu, upotezaji wa utofauti wa kibiolojia, shinikizo kwa mifumo ya uzalishaji wa chakula na kuenea kwa magonjwa ya kuambukiza ulimwenguni. Kwa kuongezea, mabadiliko ya hali ya hewa yalikadiriwa kusababisha vifo zaidi ya 150,000 kila mwaka mnamo 2002, na Shirika la Afya Ulimwenguni linakadiria idadi hii itaongezeka hadi vifo 250,000 kila mwaka katika muongo ujao. Mabadiliko ya hali ya hewa yanayotokana na binadamu ni kichocheo cha kuanguka kwa utofauti wa kibiolojia na kutoweka kwa spishi - hadi spishi milioni moja zinaweza kutoweka ifikapo mwisho wa karne. Uchunguzi wa hivi karibuni unaonyesha miaka 20 ya joto zaidi katika rekodi imekuwa katika miaka 22 iliyopita, na nne za juu katika miaka minne iliyopita. Katika karne iliyopita, wastani wa joto duniani umeongezeka kwa 1.8 ° F. Katika miaka 100 ijayo, wanasayansi wanatarajia ongezeko jingine la joto la joto la joto la joto la joto la joto la joto la joto. "Kusababisha mabadiliko haya ya joto ni shughuli za binadamu ambazo zimetoa kiasi kikubwa cha kaboni dioksidi na gesi nyingine za chafu (kama vile methane, nitrous oxide na gesi za fluorine) katika anga.""" Gesi nyingi zinazosababisha ongezeko la joto hutokana na kuchoma mafuta ya makaa ya mawe ili kutokeza nishati. Matokeo ya ongezeko hilo la joto duniani yanatia ndani kuongezeka kwa joto la bahari, kuongezeka kwa asidi ya bahari, kuyeyuka kwa barafu, na kuongezeka kwa usawa wa bahari. Matokeo mabaya ya mabadiliko ya hali ya hewa yanayotokana na binadamu yataendelea kuongezeka kwa kasi na athari mbaya: bahari inaendelea kuongezeka, ikifurika na kuondoa fukwe za kuzaliana na makazi ya wanyama wa baharini; bahari inayopanda joto inawaongoza wanyama wa baharini kaskazini zaidi, na kusababisha baridi ya kuzama na kupunguza mafanikio ya kuzaliwa kwa kasa wa baharini; na athari za kuongezeka kwa asidi ya bahari itakuwa mbaya zaidi kwa maisha yote ya baharini. Kampeni zetu za kisheria na utetezi wa kimkakati zinatetea ulinzi thabiti kwa spishi zilizo hatarini na vitisho wanavyokabili wakati mabadiliko ya hali ya hewa yanapoongezeka. Kwa mfano, kuna mifumo ya kutengeneza mabaki ya kaboni kwa kupanda mimea na miti ya asili katika mazingira yaliyochafuliwa.