CLIMATE LAW IN OUR HANDS

The definition of climate change varies from different sources but a basic definition is that climate change is the changes in the statistical distribution of weather patterns, when that change lasts for an extended period of time. These periods can be anywhere from several decades to millions of years. It refers to significant changes in global precipitation, temperature, wind and current patterns, and other measures of climate. A broad way of describing climate change is that it is a change in global or regional climate patterns.

Climate change became a hot topic in the mid to late 20th century onwards with, different factions arguing its validity and what sorts of impacts, if any, it would have on the planet as a whole. Although there are still some camps that argue against this, there is much scientific data to support that from the 20th century onward, climate change can be largely attributed to the increased levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases in the Earth’s atmosphere that come mainly from human activities where a significant amount is produced by the use of fossil fuels.