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Did you know that the
Climate Change use of pesticides on

crops and plants in rural
and urban areas has
❑ Official Definition destroyed populations

A broad range of global phenomena created predominantly by burning fossil fuels, of honeybees and wild
which add heat-trapping gases to Earth’s atmosphere. These phenomena include the bees?
increased temperature trends described by global warming, but also encompass
changes such as sea-level rise; ice mass loss in Greenland, Antarctica, the Arctic and
mountain glaciers worldwide; shifts in flower/plant blooming; and extreme weather
events.

❑ Causes

When energy from the sun is reflected off the earth and back into space (mostly by
clouds and ice), or when the earth’s atmosphere releases energy, the planet cools.
When the earth absorbs the sun’s energy, or when atmospheric gases prevent heat
released by the earth from radiating into space (the greenhouse effect), the planet
warms. A variety of factors, both natural and human, can influence the earth’s
climate system.

❑ How to fight it

To fight climate change, we must first reduce our greenhouse gases (GHG)
emissions. To accomplish this, the first step is to embrace renewable energies that
are naturally replenished on a human timescale, such as sunlight, wind, rain, tides,
waves, and geothermal heat, and avoid creating energy by the burning of fossil fuels.
As well, besides swooping the types of energy we produce, we must also make
everything more efficient, because even if the energy comes from a renewable
source, it still won’t be carbon neutral and will still contribute to the ozone
depletion.

We need to adapt our lifestyles to overcome these growing challenges that climate
change is bringing. For this to happen, we should start to create a worldwide culture
of sustainable development, where the energy is wised wisely and efficiently, where a
circular economy is a strong bet, as well as durable and eco-friendly products. One
thing is for sure, we need to choose responsibly the products we buy because our 12
demand as consumers influences what we are supplied with.