All or Nothing: Why We Need Both Climate Adaptation and Mitigation

Photo: Presidente da República, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, durante Sobrevoo em Canoas, Canoas – RS – May 5, 2024. Photo credit: Ricardo Stuckert / PR via Lula Oficial / Flickr. CC BY-SA 2.0. Article by Austin Jenish. Earth.org – September 1, 2025.

Since the 19th century Industrial Revolution, global emissions of greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide have skyrocketed, primarily due to human activities like the burning of fossil fuels, deforestation and agriculture, and so have global temperatures. Specifically, global carbon dioxide emissions have increased 182-fold, from 204 million tonnes in 1850 to 37,100 million tonnes in 2022. Meanwhile, the planet is now 1.3C warmer than it was in the pre-industrial era. […]

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