Including the closely related terms heating, and heating.
…? Average global temperatures have now increased by 1°C above pre-industrial levels and the cause is human made through the burning of fossil fuels. The amount of global heating which takes place now and in the future depends on the total quantity of greenhouse gas pollution, which includes carbon dioxide, in the atmosphere. In 2015 global leaders met in Paris to agree to avoid dangerous climate…
… change by limiting global heating to well below 2 degrees C and to pursue efforts to limit it to 1.5 degrees C. The UK government signed the Paris Agreement committing to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The world is now on track to overshoot the 1.5°C limit before the year 2050 – the outcome of which would be severe and not possible to reverse. 2000 1950 1900 1850 5 CLIMATE…
… lead to severe consequences for humans and all life on earth. • Many people would be forced to leave their homes due to flooding, droughts and famine. 8% of plants will lose 1/2 their habitable area 6% of insects will lose 1/2 their habitable area 14% of the global population exposed to severe heat every 1 in 5 years 37% of the global population exposed to severe heat…
… every 1 in 5 years 70% to 90% At least once every 10 years 18% of insects will lose 1/2 their habitable area 99% 16% of plants will lose 1/2 their habitable area 2x Worse 3x Worse Up to 29% worse 2.6x worse 10x worse Loss of plant species Loss of insect species Further decline in coral reefs Extreme heat Sea-ice-free summers in the Arctic 1.5ͦ CCC 2ͦ C…
… and on a global scale, our carbon emissions impact comes from what we buy and the services we use, and what we invest in. We therefore need to tackle all of these sources of emissions. Locally our carbon emissions are mainly generated from homes, transport and industry. To make our contribution to limiting the average rise in global temperature to 1.5 degrees C we need to change the way we heat and power…