Climate change is the most significant environmental threat facing the world today. There is overwhelming scientific evidence that the world’s climate is already changing and it is very likely that most of the warming is attributable to human activities.
A range of observations and studies strongly suggest the climate system is warming in response to the increase of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.
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Scientists have been unable to explain these changes by natural factors alone.
Adaptation involves responding to the unavoidable consequences of climate change, to which the world is already committed and likely to mean higher temperatures, changing rainfall patterns, altered seasons, and more extreme weather events.