What is the Issue:

Climate change is primarily driven by the release of gases into earth's atmosphere. Some factors that contribute to climate change include, burning fossil fuels, deforestation and industrial agriculture, this causes gases that rise to Earth's atmosphere which creates a barrier trapping the sun's heat in Earth's atmosphere. 

Everyone in the world gets affected by climate change. Although climate change affects everyone, the effects of climate change are harsher towards smaller/low income communities, developing nations and groups that are treated as insignificant. 

Climate change officially started around in the 1800’s but as of the 1970’s climate began to pick up, with CO2 rising, causing symptoms like rapid increase in temperature and UV ratings as well as the extreme weather that affects us globally.

Climate change is one of many global crises, because it affects so many places in the world which leads to increase in temperature as well as extreme weather like storms or natural disasters. Some of the places where climate change is most common and severe are some of the following:
         1. the world's poles (The southern antarctica, The northern arctic) 
         2. tropical zones
         3.economically vulnerable (places with low income, that are smaller)
Around the areas of the poles, or the north and south of the world, is the location where it is most severe. This is because of the low temperature there, so lots of ice will form there, so because of the increase in temperature the ice begins to melt which increases the sea level. This isn’t just bad for humans, it is also bad for the native animals that live in these cold inoculated places, like polar bears, penguins, seals, and many more won't have a home anymore if this keeps up. Tropical small islands also are the most common to get affected. This is because of their small size which makes them highly likely to get Severe erosion, sea levels rising too high or out of control, or major storm surges.

Short Term Effects:

The short term effects of climate change primarily manifest as sudden, severe events that in most cases are unpredictable. Most of these events are extreme weather events which include the following:

1. Extreme weather
2. Droughts and Fire
3. Events that affect human health (Heath Waves)
4. Eco system and pest disruption (When climate causes species to change their geographic ranges)

Long Term Effects:

Long term effects of climate change will continue to affect many generations after us. A long term effect on climate change is a shift in earth's climate. Some examples for the long term effects for climate change consist of:

1. Ice loss: The Ice loss crisis has many consequences, because not only is the ice melting the temperature is changing which is why the ice is melting which causes rise in sea level as well as constricting the habitats of arctic/antratic animals like seals, penguins and polar bears. 
2. Ocean acidification: The ocean is becoming more acidic over time by absorbing 25-30% of human emitted carbon dioxide which causes the water to develop acidity.
3. Altered water cycles: The global temperature increase causes higher rates of evaporation, drying out soil, and worsening long term doughnuts. Also a warmer atmosphere holds more moisture, leading to rapid downpours and flashflooding.
4. Disease spreading: Rising temperatures and expanding tropical zones allow disease-carrying insects (like mosquitoes and ticks) to thrive in previously unlivable regions, spreading different diseases that could be unknown (no known case of it) to that area.
5. Biodiversity and Ecosystem Shifts: As temperatures rise, optimal living ranges for plant and animal species shift toward the poles or higher elevations.

How can it be managed/solved:

Climate change’s rate is dependent on a few factors such as, emitting harmful gas, deforestation, and intensive agriculture. There are many ways to solve these issues that we have started, for example switching to using green energy, planting trees, growing food at home could help slow/stop climate change. Green energy comes in many forms, like hydro energy which is using the speed of water flow to get electricity, wind energy a way using turbines to catch wind and give voltages depending on its speed and solar energy, catching the sun rays and converting them into energy. Planting trees could also help with managing deforestation because as time goes on people would need more land, space and resources, so trees would be cut down, and this is bad because trees are the main contributor to earth's O2, so without them climate change worsening is inevitable.

Why I choose this Issue: 

I choose climate change because I believe that climate change is an urgent issue, with it not just affecting people now but for more generations in the future as well. I feel that everyone should try their best to stop/slow it down because it is everyone's future that lies in the world and if it dies everyone's future does as well.