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In its fourth assessment report (most recent), the world’s most authoritative voice on climate change, the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel and Climate Change (IPPC), has loudly and clearly said that warming of the earth’s climate is “unequivocal,” and human activity, particularly the burning of fossil fuels, is a major cause.‡ IPCC scientists now accept that if the trend of anthropogenic emission continues, earth's average temperature could rise 1.5 to 6 degrees Celsius or higher by 2100. There is already evidence of increases in average temperatures of air and oceans around the world. For example, years 1995-2006 have had 11 of 12 warmest years on record since 1850.
Why will investment in clean energy technology at the household level in Nepal offer co-benefits for global climate and local people’s health?
In its fourth assessment report (most recent), the world’s most authoritative voice on climate change, the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel and Climate Change (IPPC), has loudly and clearly said that warming of the earth’s climate is “unequivocal,” and human activity, particularly the burning of fossil fuels, is a major cause.‡ IPCC scientists now accept that if the trend of anthropogenic emission continues, earth's average temperature could rise 1.5 to 6 degrees Celsius or higher by 2100. There is already evidence of increases in average temperatures of air and oceans around the world. For example, years 1995-2006 have had 11 of 12 warmest years on record since 1850.