Voice of climate-by Naseem Sheikh

Climate change is a change in the statistical distribution of weather patterns when that change lasts for an extended period of time (i.e., decades to millions of years). Climate change is now affecting every country on every continent. It is disrupting national economies and affecting lives, costing people, communities and countries dearly today and even more tomorrow. Weather patterns are changing, sea levels are rising, weather events are becoming more extreme and greenhouse gas emissions are now at their highest levels in history. Without action, the world’s average surface temperature is likely to surpass 3 degrees centigrade this century. The poorest and most vulnerable people are being affected the most. The  Intergovernmental  Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is an  intergovernmental  body of the United Nations, dedicated to providing the world with an objective, scientific view of climate change and its political and economic impacts. It  is an  agreement  within the Unit