{"id":19455,"date":"2019-08-10T17:46:39","date_gmt":"2019-08-10T17:46:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.englishforums.com\/news\/?p=19455"},"modified":"2019-08-10T17:46:39","modified_gmt":"2019-08-10T17:46:39","slug":"responsibly-tackle-climate-change-un","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/responsibly-tackle-climate-change-un\/","title":{"rendered":"Responsibly tackle climate change; UN advice"},"content":{"rendered":"

People should responsibly alter their activities to tackle issues relative to climatic change, based on the United Nation (UN)\u2019s scientific report<\/a>.<\/b>
\nEfforts to curb greenhouse gas emissions and the impacts of global warming will fall significantly short without drastic changes in global land use, agriculture and human diets, leading researchers warn in a high-level report commissioned by the United Nations.
\nThe special report on climate and land by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) describes plant-based diets as a major opportunity for mitigating and adapting to climate change \u2015 and includes a policy recommendation to reduce meat consumption.<\/strong>
\nThe report stipulates that the land and global warming interaction happens in a vicious cycle. Land devaluation has been inevitable because people are triggering climatic changes.\u00a0<\/span>
\nClimate change is a reality that people cannot run away from as it has become disastrous. For instance, it has jeopardized food availability and destroyed forest-cover.<\/b><\/p>\n

Climate change hampers food production<\/b><\/h2>\n

The report \u201cClimate Action and Support Trends\u201d was prepared as UN Climate Change input to the UN Climate Action Summit, and it puts a spotlight on the progress made over the past 25 years since the inception of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
\nThis can help in scaling up further action, as governments prepare to submit the next round of national climate action plans, known as Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), by 2020.
\nAccording to Cynthia Rosenzweig, a researcher based in NASA, the food available for consumption is being endangered by climate change.<\/b>
\nAs the vicious cycle accelerates, situations may turn to worse. <\/span>Nevertheless, Cynthia asserts that with changes in managing forests, eating, and growing food, global warming can be tackled. The planet will be saved from a hot future.<\/span><\/p>\n

Climate change heats land masses<\/b><\/h2>\n

The land is heating up at an alarming rate despite the landmass being just thirty percent (30%) of the earth.<\/b>
\nAccording to a climate researcher, land usage is a considerable global warming challenge. On the other hand, it could be an ideal resolution.<\/span>
\nThe researcher asserts that sustainable management should be incorporated into land usage for future generations.<\/span>
\nScientists have also been laying emphasis on urgent societal changes in tackling the climatic change challenge. Additionally, the seriousness of this crisis is necessitated.<\/span>
\nA report by almost a hundred (100) scientists illustrates the way climate change has aggravated land degradation, increased deserts, and enhanced forests\u2019 vulnerability to disease, pests, fire, and drought. This trend is observed in spite of the world becoming greener based on high carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere.<\/b>
\nThe report also stated that the food supply\u2019s stability is likely to decrease based on the presence and magnitude of intense weather actions known to interrupted food chains.<\/span>
\nAccording to Kelly Levin, the land is being considerably slammed by climate change. He also stipulates there is a possibility of the future becoming worse.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Improved farming methods offset climate change<\/b><\/h2>\n

Better <\/span>farming methods <\/span><\/a>such as targeted fertilizer application and no-till agriculture can mitigate the effects of global warming.<\/span>
\nThey have the ability to decrease carbon pollution by nearly eighteen percent (18%) by 2050.<\/span>
\nAdditionally, a change in eating habits is also necessitated. For instance, people ought to lessen red meat diet and replace it with plant-based foods including seeds, vegetables, and fruits.<\/span>
\nThis approach can enable the globe to save nearly fifteen percent (15%) of present emissions by mid-century. Moreover, people will become healthier.<\/b>
\nFood wastage should also be reduced as it is instrumental in tackling climate change. Presently, between twenty-five and thirty percent (25-30%) of food generated is wasted or lost.<\/span>
\nEducation and empowerment are crucial in tackling climate change. For instance, in Northern England, the concept of having a <\/b>\u2018climate change teacher\u2019<\/b><\/a> to teach students about this subject is about to happen.\u00a0<\/b>
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People should responsibly alter their activities to tackle issues relative to climatic change, based on the United Nation (UN)\u2019s scientific report. Efforts to curb greenhouse gas emissions and the impacts of global warming will fall significantly short without drastic changes in global land use, agriculture and human diets, leading researchers warn in a high-level report […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":19470,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[318,623,837,838,1476],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19455"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19455"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19455\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19470"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19455"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19455"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19455"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}