http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/30/health/climate-change-report-pollution-dengue-heat-wave/index.html
According to a medical report published Monday, and an "international consortium of climate experts," 2,100 cities across the world currently exceed the recommended levels of atmospheric particulate matter. These recommended levels were set by the World Health Organization because having too high of levels can have many impacts on the environment as well as physical health. Some of the affects include: poor air quality, higher risk of disease, and a higher chance of heatwaves, which can cause heat stroke. Hugh Montgomery, co-chairman of the health journal that published the report, believes that climate change is "the major health threat of the 21st century."
In my opinion, climate change is one of the most important global issues facing our world today. It's just getting worse and nothing is being done about it on a large scale because world leaders can agree. To save our world we need to be able to come to a reasonable consensus.
This article shows how necessary the Paris Climate Agreement is to the lessening of global warming. But with not every country involved in that agreement, the future doesn't look very green.
I agree with your opinion, as I believe climate change is a very important issue, and the Paris Climate Agreement could be used to prevent further issues.
ReplyDeleteThis is actually pretty scary to think about. Global warming just keeps getting bigger and bigger and is causing more and more problems. The Paris Climate Agreement seems to be super necessary for this type of situation.
ReplyDeleteThe lack of attention being given to climate change by our national government is going to pose detrimental issues for us going forward. Nobody is interested in addressing the issue, or finding meaningful solutions. Trump's presidency couldn't have come at a worse time for climate change. If someone was in office who cared we could've begin to repair the damage already existing, and prevent making even more irreparable damage, but thats obviously not happening.
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