From the course: Climate Change: A Top ESG Concern
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Climate change concepts and definitions
From the course: Climate Change: A Top ESG Concern
Climate change concepts and definitions
- Do you want to start speaking the climate language, or want to understand what's being discussed around these topics? It's time to explore the fundamental definitions of concepts and terms that apply to climate change within the ESG framework. According to NASA, climate change is a long-term change in the average weather patterns that define Earth's local, regional, and global climates. Climate change is commonly measured by the average increase in the Earth's global surface temperature. Climate change is often used interchangeably with the term global warming, which results from human activities, while climate change includes both human activities and natural warming. Global warming is the sustained heating of Earth's climate systems since pre-industrial times caused by human activities, primarily the burning of fossil fuels. The greenhouse gas effect happens when Earth's atmosphere acts like a greenhouse, trapping heat…
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