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Climate variability includes all the variations in the climate that last longer than individual weather events, whereas the term climate change only refers to those variations that persist for a longer period of time, typically decades or more. In the time since the Industrial Revolution, the climate has increasingly been affected by human activities that are causing global warming and climate change.

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Climate change is a change in the usual weather found in a place. This could be a change in how much rain a place usually gets in a year. Or it could be a change in a place's usual temperature for a month or season. Climate change is also a change in Earth's climate

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Human activity is the main cause of climate change. People burn fossil fuels and convert land from forests to agriculture. Since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, people have burned more and more fossil fuels and changed vast areas of land from forests to farmland. Burning fossil fuels produces carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas.

What is the cause

•Drive less and cycle more or pool to car while going to work. •Make your house more air tight. •Buy and use a programmable thermostat. •Eat less meat, especially beef. •Use power strips in your home office

What are the remedies

•Temperatures Will Continue To Rise. ... •Frost-free Season Will Lengthen. ... •Changes In Precipitation Patterns. ... •More Droughts And Heat Waves. ... •Hurricanes Will Become Stronger And More Intense. ...

What is the effect

Role of institution

• There are three types of institutions -public, private, and civic

Personalities

• a review of case studies indicates that local institutions play a crucial role in shaping adaptation to climate change:

Some major summits

•they connect households to local resources and collective action; determine flows of external support to different social groups, and link local populations to national interventions