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Day 4... UN Climate Change Report. What now?

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  plazamoyua .com It has been a few weeks since the United Nation's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released its 2018 Climate Report. The report describes what the world will look like in 2040 if the global temperature rose by only 1.5 degrees Celsius - more humans dying from severe heat waves, 99% of reefs gone, increased extreme weather phenomena, half of the fishing populations dead, and ice caps on track to completely melt within the century. That means you can say goodbye to most polar bears, sea lions, and Miami or other low-level cities that would be flooded by an increase in water level. The scariest part is the fact that it says ONLY 1.5 degrees Celius. Effects of climate change are already present at 1 degree Celius and temperatures are set to increase by .2 degrees Celius every decade. Hurricane season in the Atlantic is longer and producing more severe storms. There have been cases on individuals in Canada dying from heat stroke due to increased temperat