Climate Change

How much of the world's ecosystems on land and in the ocean should be protected and restored to help build climate resilience for plants and animals?

The IPCC report emphasizes the relationship between climate, human society, and biodiversity, showing how they influence each other.

What information do tree rings provide about past climates?

What is the "short and rapidly closing window" referring to?

Countries in the hemisphere will be most affected by displacement in the future.

What is the fundamental transformation required to secure a healthy, livable planet?

Much of the melting ice contributes to sea level .

Urban ecology focuses on systems within city environments.

What health problems can exposure to higher levels of smog cause?

What is the Earth's atmosphere compared to in terms of its protective function?

The effect is critical to our survival - without it, Earth would be about 30 degrees colder.

Some species will move farther north or become more successful, others won't be able to and could become extinct.

Millions of people may be displaced by 2050, with climate change potentially becoming the biggest driver.

What role does the ozone layer play in protecting Earth?

We need to build more cities and communities.

Since 1870, humans have put about gigatons of CO2 into the atmosphere.

What individual actions are suggested to reduce global warming?

Growing urbanization and population growth trends worsen the impact of climate change.

Less than 100 million people worldwide rely on the ocean as their primary source of protein.

The evidence for human-caused climate change is overwhelming, with scientists showing a high level of agreement.