Climate Change: It’s Real. It’s Serious. And it’s up to us to Solve it. | National Geographic

climate change it’s real it’s serious
and it’s up to us to solve it in the
last two decades we’ve experienced 14 of
the hottest 15 years on record
by 2050 drought and chronic water
shortages could impact a billion people
while millions more will be at risk from
coastal flooding it can seem
overwhelming but there’s reason for hope
if we embrace solar and wind power to
their full potential we can cut the
world’s yearly carbon emissions by a
third already Germany generates 27% of
its electricity from renewables with a
goal of 80% by 2050 Denmark has shown it
can produce more wind energy than it can
use and England is building the world’s
biggest offshore wind farm communities
large and small are taking steps a new
public building in Mexico City has an
exterior that breaks down air pollutants
erasing the effects of 1,000 cars each
day Paris installed Street tiles that
harvest energy from foot traffic other
cities are paving streets with smog
eating concrete and sidewalks with
recycled materials individuals can make
a difference to through the choices we
make every day if every American driver
drove 10 miles less each week it could
eliminate more than a hundred billion
pounds of carbon from the air each year
new innovations are making important
strides possible and more are on the way
but we can’t wait reimagining our
world’s energy future we’ll take a
shared sense of urgency from countries
companies cities and all of us working
together real change is
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