Climate change.

The 21st century is the era of climate change. Climate change is a global challenge that has no
borders and to combat it requires coordinated work by all countries. First, we need clarify two
concepts often mistaken for synonyms: climate change and global warming. There is an important
difference between them, however, given, that it is global warming that causes climate change.
The main cause of climate change is global warming. This problem have causes, consequences and
possible solutions.

Global warming is caused by the greenhouse
effect, a natural process by which the
atmosphere retains some of the Sun’s heat,
allowing the Earth to maintain the necessary
conditions to host life. The problem is that
causing the planet’s temperature to increase
even more. The causes of behind global
warming is deforestation, forests are natural
carbon skins, absorbing CO2 through
photosynthesis and returning oxygen to the
atmosphere. Another cause of climate
change and global warming is destruction of
marine ecosystems, the oceans are also
carbon sinks, absorbing up to 50% of CO2 the
problem is that, when they reach their limit,
the ocean acidifies and causes death and
disease among marine flora and fauna. The
final cause for global warming is population
increase, an increasingly numerous
population needs more and more resources,
which speeds up the increase in greenhouse
gas emissions from all production processes.

The global temperature increase brings
disastrous consequences, endangering the
survival of the Earth’s flora and fauna,
including human beings. Climate change also
increases the appearance of more violent
weather phenomena, drought, fires, the
death of animal and plant species, flooding
from rivers and lakes, the creation of climate
refugees and destruction of the food chain
and economic resources, especially in
developing countries.

First, it is important to be clear that climate and large scale measures that help to slow
change cannot be avoided. We can mitigate down climate change. These actions are
its effects and adapt to its consequences, we known as climate change mitigation and
can fight it through the application of small adaptation measures.

In conclusion, we can works to mitigate

greenhouse gas emissions in order to
contribute to the progress of society and
respond to the main challenges of
sustainable development in the field of
infrastructure, water and energy, leading the
transition to a low carbon economy.