Planet Close to Facing Catastrophic Climate<br />Change Issues There are only "12 years" left to prevent a climate change disaster, according to a report issued by the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. The report states that the Earth is already guaranteed to get at least<br />1.5 degrees warmer by 2030. If the planet's temperature rises by another 0.5 degrees, the results<br />would be catastrophic. The seemingly small increase would cause 37% of the population to experience extreme heat. A difference of two degrees would<br />create an ice-free period in the<br />Arctic seas every 10 years. At 1.5 degrees, we would only experience such a period<br />every century. The IPPC warns we only have until 2030 before we experience severe weather due to climate change.
