Climate Change: History, Perceptions & Impacts
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Rising temperatures, sea level rise, and more frequent extreme ______ events, climate change poses significant threats to natural systems and human societies.

weather

Climate change is one of the most pressing and complex ______ issues facing the world today.

environmental

Addressing climate change requires a multifaceted and coordinated approach that encompasses ______ research, technological innovation, economic policies, and social and cultural changes.

scientific

To ______ the science behind climate change, the challenges and controversies in environmental policy and climate change.

<p>explore</p> Signup and view all the answers

The objectives of this lecture include to learn the ______ of climate change and efforts to mitigate its impacts.

<p>history</p> Signup and view all the answers

The role of ______ policy in addressing it, and the policies and strategies used to mitigate and adapt to its impacts and potential paths towards a more sustainable future

<p>environmental</p> Signup and view all the answers

1940s-1960s: Fear of other atmospheric changes (due to nuclear warfare; ______ pollution and acid rain)

<p>air</p> Signup and view all the answers

1896: Swedish Scientist proposes idea that increase in ______ dioxide in the atmosphere could gradually warm the global temperature

<p>carbon</p> Signup and view all the answers

1970s-1980s: Increasing knowledge of global ______ circulation models, recognition that human activities were impacting climate

<p>climate</p> Signup and view all the answers

Scientists use computer ______ to assess global climate change

<p>models</p> Signup and view all the answers

Formation of the Intergovernmental Panel on ______ Change (IPCC)

<p>Climate</p> Signup and view all the answers

The function of science is to produce ______.

<p>knowledge</p> Signup and view all the answers

The 1992 agreement was the United Nations Framework Convention on ______.

<p>Climate Change</p> Signup and view all the answers

The ______ Assessment was released in 2021.

<p>Sixth</p> Signup and view all the answers

Climate change requires ______ studies.

<p>multidisciplinary</p> Signup and view all the answers

The norms are the rules that a group uses for appropriate and inappropriate ______.

<p>values, beliefs, attitudes and behaviours</p> Signup and view all the answers

One of the international meetings was held in ______ in 2009.

<p>Copenhagen</p> Signup and view all the answers

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