6 Climate Management Issues
DID YOU KNOW?
There are several interesting facts concerning climate change. For instance, did you know
that:
• According to the WMO, this past decade has been the warmest on record. In addi-
tion, the top 11 warmest years ever recorded have all occurred in the last 13 years
(WMO, 2009).
• Scientists attribute the atmosphere’s rapid warming principally to human activities,
mainly the burning of fossil fuels.
• Every year the CO
2
concentration level in the atmosphere steadily climbs higher, and
the earth will reach a “tipping point” of no return if humans do not reverse the trend.
In order to avoid a rise of 6ºC by the end of this century, which is the critical level iden-
tied by climate change research scientists ...