The two White House candidates President Biden and former President Trumpa world away when it comes to global warming, and as Earth Day arrives on Monday, climate change advocates are warning that a second Trump administration could have dire consequences for the planet.
“The differences between these two presidents could not be more evident,” said Pete Maysmith, senior vice president of campaigns. League of Conservation Voterssupported Biden.
“Progress continues to be made and we are tackling the climate crisis,” Maysmith said, adding that “progress is not unraveling.”
In the United States, Second largest amount of emissions in the worldsecond only to China, as the key to restricting its policies.
Human activities have caused global warming since the Industrial Revolution, when many national economies became heavily dependent on coal. Since then, the Earth’s average surface temperature has already increased. It gets warmer by about 2 degrees Fahrenheit..
Due to this global warming, Frequency and intensity of extreme weather eventsIn addition to heat waves, it also includes floods and droughts. These extreme conditions are expected to worsen as the planet continues to get hotter, especially if we reach key ‘tipping points’ such as melting of the Greenland ice sheet or Arctic permafrost that change the system and are difficult to reverse. be done.
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