What is the cause of Climate change?

Human activity is the main cause of climate change. People burn fossil fuels and convert land from forests

to agriculture. ... Burning fossil fuels produces carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas.

It is called a greenhouse gas because it produces a “greenhouse effect”.

What are the 3 effects of climate change?

More frequent and intense drought, storms, heat waves, rising sea levels, melting glaciers and warming oceans

can directly harm animals, destroy the places they live, and wreak havoc on people's livelihoods

and communities. As climate change worsens, dangerous weather events are becoming more frequent or severe.

How does climate change affect us?

Human health is vulnerable to climate change. The changing environment is expected to cause more heat stress, an increase in waterborne diseases, poor air quality, and diseases transmitted by insects and rodents. Extreme weather events can compound many of these health threats

Report

from UN Environment Programme

Published on 09 Mar 2018 — View Original

George Gaye, Superintendent at Basse Meteorological station in The Gambia’s Upper River Region, has watched climate change increasingly kill cattle and ruin harvests over the years, but since the UN Environment improved forecasting equipment and systems at his station, he can now warn people about the weather.

© Hannah McNeish/UN Environment

Dingiri, The Gambia: When Bundauda Samasa was a boy, everyone knew to the day when the rains would start and stop sprinkling the fields in The Gambia’s Upper River Region, and what harvest of groundnuts, vegetables, rice and pulses to expect.

• The NAPA strongly advocated for a more systematic consideration and inclusion of climate change related issues in sectoral policies;
• A strong call for more efforts to ensure a more visible mainstreaming of climate change into various sectoral policies during a stakeholder consultation with senior policy makers in key Ministries and Agencies during the Project Development Phase of the Early Warning Project;
• Wide recognition of the importance of climate proofing national and sectoral development policies, programmes and projects
• Identify sectoral policy frameworks (ANR, Energy, Disaster Management, Waste, and Decentralization) for a climate sensitive review;