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Climate Change and negotiations

Climate change is a complex term to understand. Some understand it as a critical issues and situation while some of them ignore it saying a natural process. What do you think it is? Should we seriously act on it? Our Home: Earth has been experiencing drastic changes in its biosphere. According to NASA, within 64 years from 1950 to 2014 the carbon dioxide level (ppm) has increased from about 320 to around 400 ppm, the change had never been above 300 ppm in 650000 years. How many years will life survive when carbon dioxide rate is increasing rapidly in atmosphere? What will our coming generation face our home as? According to scientist, In last century the global sea level rose about 6.7 inches while the rate of increase is nearly double in decades  that of last century. The Himalayas are seen without snow caps, the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheet have decreased in mass about 150 to 250 cubic km of ice per year (NASA).  Will our home be a water world in future? It&