Satellite photo of Typhoon Yolanda: According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change 2007 Fourth Assessment Report (AR4) human influences have “more likely than not increased risk of heat waves, area affected by drought since the 1970s and frequency of heavy precipitation events...” (IPCC, 2007). PHOTO FROM NASA
AT about 2:30 a.m. on December 13, 2015, more than 190 countries on the other side of the globe approved “The Paris Agreement” documenting how they would accelerate “the reduction of global greenhouse gas emissions . . . emphasizing the need for urgency in addressing climate change.”