Climate Change is hotly debated, and those in support have stated the effects associated with climate change, which have been recognized over the last century. They include:
- The world has heated by 0.8 degrees C.
- Water tables fell significantly (e.g China: 1.5m/year, India: 1-3m/year).
- Most glaciers retreated.
- Sea level rise to about 7 inches.
While the effects of climate change may be obvious, the question about the cause and who is responsible could be a matter of controversy. Is it anthropological warming as proposed by the IPCC or merely natural causes? The latter viewpoint presented:
- Global warming correlates well with solar irradiance change.
- There is a significant correlation between cloud cover (which affects temperature) and cosmic rays.
- Temperature rise and CO2 increase seem weakly correlated.
- CO2 rise (fall) often follows temperature increase (decrease).
- Temperature rise due to CO2 increase seems hard to detect.
- Human activity contributes just 0.28% to greenhouse gases.
- Glacier retreat commenced some 150 years before the sharp CO2 surge Sea levels started rising some 100 years before the sharp CO2 rise (http://www.seekingtruth.co.uk/weather.htm).
- Since 2003 global temperatures have been falling (http://www.seekingtruth.co.uk/weather.htm).
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Very long-term climate change may be due to emergence from the last ice age. Given the doubt as to the cause of climate change, and the possibility that anthropological warming may even be a plot, we might consider climate change as part of God’s end-time scenario.Â
The Reflection on Climate Change
Is it God that manages the climate change affairs, or humans, or something else?
If in deep thought and reflect on the Bible prophecy, it may be logical to watch for long-term climate change and the current persistent short-term severe weather events; the end-time events fall within the scope of times.Â
From the Bible, we can say with assurance that,
- God has used the weather to affect nations and individuals in the past.
- Bible predictions say that God will use severe weather events to ‘speak’ to the nations at the end of this age.
- Prophetic warnings and the state of the world imply the end of this age is imminent.
- If we are certainly close to the end of this age, then dramatic weather events seem imminent.
God will soon use severe weather events to speak to and judge the nations. It is a handy tool to capture the world’s attention!
The good news is that not everyone will have to scratch their heads for a way out; those who believe in God will escape before the dooms’ day!Â
No need to worry, those who believe in the Lord Jesus Christ are eternally safe in the hands of the living God (John 3.16).Â
The Bible assures all those who trust in Jesus Christ will be excluded from ‘the hour of trial that is coming on the entire world’ (Revelation 3.10).Â
Meaning, people who believe and trust Jesus Christ will be shielded from the final (judgment) event that will come, just like Noah was saved before the flood.Â
Jesus stated that at the end of this age: “Then there will be two men in the field; one will be taken and one left.” (Matthew 24.40).
To camp with God is to escape the final wrath to come. Your choice to trust Jesus Christ as the Savior will foster forgiveness, peace, and security in this unstable world.Â
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Further reading on Climate Change
Climate risks and climate response continue to be major issues to address. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has released Various assessment reports that highlight the urgent need for climate action in light of our changing climate.
The Climate Change 2021 report point to the significant rise in greenhouse gas emissions related to the burning of fossil fuels, which has accelerated the impacts of climate change on the climate system.
The global average temperature continues to rise, phenomena such as melting glaciers and ice and declining sea ice are increasingly evident, threatening both ice sheets and global sea levels.
The physical science basis outlined in the Climate Change 2014 report indicates that these changes impact weather and climate variability and necessitate urgent climate adaptation strategies.
The report of the Intergovernmental Panel reinforced the need for climate change mitigation efforts to curb these trends.
Future climate models project even more pronounced climate change impacts, underscoring the need for common cause to control the challenges posed by global climate change, as analyzed by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the contributions of the working group on nature climate change.
Mitigation in climate science aiming at reducing the impacts of climatic change on the earth’s climate is needed as tropical regions on global map suffer increasing severe climatic conditions.
Based on Fourth National Climate Assessment, the increasing levels of carbon dioxide and other global greenhouse gas emissions have direct consequence on climate change and its environmental impacts.
It is reported that climate change has already begun to affect climate conditions, resulting in observable environmental changes like the melting of glaciers and ice sheets and global temperature increases.
Nothing can be more crucial than to effectively combat climate change. We must understand the contribution of working group findings from climate change research. They inform us of climate policy that can address human-caused global warming.That is, the human-induced climate change.
Meanwhile, it cannot be overstated that strategies must be developed to mitigate the factors contributing to warming climate and help communities adapt to climate change, ensuring resilience against the environmental impacts of ongoing climate change science.
