Climate change 

includes both global warming driven by human-induced emissions of greenhouse

gases and the resulting large-scale shifts in weather patterns. Though there have been previous
periods of cliIn physics, energy is the quantitative property that must be transferred to an object in
order to perform work on, or to heat, the object.[note 1] Energy is a conserved quantity; the law of
conservation of energy states that energy can be converted in form, but not created or destroyed.
The SI unit of energy is the joule, which is the energy transferred to an object by the work of moving
it a distance of 1 metre against a force of 1 newton.

Common forms of energy include the kinetic energy of a moving object, the potential energy stored
by an object's position in a force field (gravitational, electric or magnetic), the elastic energy stored
by stretching solid objects, the chemical energy released when a fuel burns, the radiant energy
carried by light, and the thermal energy due to an object's temperature.

Mass and energy are closely related. Due to mass–energy equivalence, any object that has mass
when stationary (called rest mass) also has an equivalent amount of energy whose form is called
rest energy, and any additional energy (of any form) acquired by the object above that rest energy
will increase the object's total mass just as it increases its total energy. For example, after he

matic change, since the mid-20th century humans have had an unprecedented impact on Earth's
climate system and caused change on a global scale.[2]
The largest driver of warming is the emission of greenhouse gases, of which more than 90%
are carbon dioxide (CO
2) and methane.[3] Fossil fuel burning (coal, oil, and natural gas) for energy consumption is the main
source of these emissions, with additional contributions from agriculture, deforestation,
and manufacturing.[4] The human cause of climate change is not disputed by any scientific body of
national or international standing.[5] Temperature rise is accelerated or tempered by climate
feedbacks, such as loss of sunlight-reflecting snow and ice cover, increased water vapour (a
greenhouse gas itself), and changes to land and ocean carbon sinks.
Temperature rise on land is about twice the global average increase, leading to desert expansion
and more common heat waves and wildfires.[6] Temperature rise is also amplified in the Arctic, where
it has contributed to melting permafrost, glacial retreat and sea ice loss.[7] Warmer temperatures are
increasing rates of evaporation, causing more intense storms and weather extremes.[8] Impacts on
ecosystems include the relocation or extinction of many species as their environment changes, most
immediately in coral reefs, mountains, and the Arctic.[9] Climate change threatens people with food
insecurity, water scarcity, flooding, infectious diseases, extreme heat, economic losses, and
displacement. These impacts have led the World Health Organization to call climate change the
greatest threat to global health in the 21st century.[10] Even if efforts to minimize future warming are
successful, some effects will continue for centuries, including rising sea levels, rising ocean
temperatures, and ocean acidification.[11]

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2.8 °C (5.0 °F) by the end of the century.[18] Limiting warming to 1.5 °C (2.7 °F) would require halving
emissions by 2030 and achieving near-zero emissions by 2050.[19]