What is the issue. Explain why this issue is important to the global community.

Climate change is one of the most pressing issues facing the global community. It is a problem that will have far-reaching implications for all of humanity, as it can directly affect our planet’s natural environment and ecosystem. Climate change is caused by human activities such as burning fossil fuels and deforestation, which result in an increase of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. This rise in CO2 levels has been linked to increased global temperatures and sea level rise, potentially leading to extreme weather events like droughts and floods, species extinction due to habitat loss, reduced crop yields due to changes in temperature and rainfall patterns, air pollution release of hazardous chemicals into the atmosphere from industrial processes, ocean acidification due to rising levels of dissolved CO2 in surface waters, health impacts on humans including respiratory diseases exacerbated by air pollution and heatwaves increasing mortality rates.

The issue of climate change should be seen as urgent because its effects are already being felt globally; glaciers are melting faster than ever before causing sea levels to rise significantly in some areas while others face unprecedented droughts or floods. In addition, these events have devastating economic consequences such as when hurricanes destroyed entire coastal cities or when agricultural production was affected by changing rain patterns leading to food shortages across certain regions. Without drastic action taken now there could be irreparable damage done both environmentally and economically with long lasting effects felt around the world for years if not centuries ahead. Therefore we must work together at a global scale to mitigate climate change through reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and more sustainable use of resources else tensions between countries may arise over access to resources if scarcity continues unchecked.