Join Our Skype Group Chat About Climate Change
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0:34Now PlayingOn Wednesday, December 9th at 7pm ET, join the VICE News for a Skype group chat about Climate Change. To join the conversation, add VICE News on Skype and ask us how to take part.
Ninety-seven percent of qualified scientists say that the earth is getting hotter and human activity is to blame. Data shows the global mean temperature is now 1 degree Celsius (1.8 degrees Fahrenheit) above pre-industrial levels. If humanity continues this course, we can expect more frequent and more intense extreme weather events, rising seas, and an unprecedented impact on humanity.
World leaders are meeting in Paris right now to try to come up with a international climate agreement. While the overwhelming majority of the world's economies have laid out plans to cut their carbon emissions, they're still short of the goal the United Nations has set for holding the line on global warming.
Read "Climate Change Could Push 100 Million People Into Poverty By 2030"
Read "It's Pretty Obvious Not Enough Is Being Done Ahead Of The Paris Climate Talks"
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