Discuss climate change including global warming, and its impacts the Earth sustainability including the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Water-Energy-Food-Health (WEFH)

Requirements: 250-300 words for each question

CLIM101-002, Fall 2023

Introduction to Climate Change and Sustainability

Homework One (Total 100 points)

(Please use spelling and Grammar Check)

Due Sept. 8th, 2023

Discuss climate change including global warming, and its impacts the Earth sustainability including the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Water-Energy-Food-Health (WEFH) nexus based on textbook (Chapter 1) and suggested readings (using your own wards, 250-300 words, with references, 20 points).

Examine climate change indicators as outlined in textbook Chapter 2 and the recommended readings. Propose an additional unique indicator drawn from your own insights and explain the reasoning behind your suggestion. Detail how this distinctive indicator could effectively serve the purpose of monitoring climate change (using your own wards, 250-300 words with references, 25 points).

Review textbook Chapter 2, discuss the climate change and extreme natural hazards, list major climate hazards and explain how they can turn into climate disasters (using your own words, 250-300 words, 25 points).

Review textbook Chapter 3, and the IPCC AR6 Climate Change 2021: The Physical Science Basis Report (), and discuss (1) basic physical foundations of the Earth’s climate change, (2) climate change drivers from natural and human activities, (3) what we can do it (climate actions) (using your own wards, 250-300 words, 30 points).

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