Climate change Current Scenario: Impact and Role of society

Abstract

  Climate change refers to long-term shifts in temperatures and weather patterns. These shifts may be natural, but since the 1800s, human activities have been the main driver of climate change, primarily due to the burning of fossil fuels (like coal, oil, and gas), which produces heat-trapping gasses.

   The current climate change scenario is one of rising global temperatures, extreme weather events, and increased risks to human health and ecosystems.

      The global mean near-surface temperature in 2023 was 1.45 ± 0.12 °C above the pre-industrial 1850–1900 average. 2023 was the warmest year in the 174-year observational record. This shattered the record of the previous warmest years, 2016 at 1.29 ± 0.12 °C above the 1850–1900 average and 2020 at 1.27±0.13 °C.

     Fossil fuels – coal, oil and gas – are by far the largest contributor to global climate change, accounting for over 75 per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions and nearly 90 per cent of all carbon dioxide emissions. Larger amounts of these gasses trap more heat in Earth's lower atmosphere, causing global warming.

  Besides working towards developing cutting-edge technology backed platforms for addressing the challenges of climate change; we have been trying to raise awareness. This is essential to understand that community participation is now a must requirement for tackling the threats of climate change. Hence, Leads Connect team has developed platforms capable of including communities for assessing actual conditions effectively and for seamless implementation of solutions.

• Development of community participation platforms for addressing the challenges of climate change.
• User driven analytics for deciphering the complexities of climate change.
• Development of causative analytics frameworks.
• Multi-scenario analysis platform for predictive analytics on the impacts of climate change.
• Organizing sessions & seminars either on impacts of climate change or its allied aspects in different scientific platforms.

Keywords :- Climate Change, Current Scenario, Impact and Role of Society.