Global Warning

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the effects of other pressures and to disrupt our lives in numerous ways. "Melting icebergs and expanding oceans may cause floods." The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) predicts that there will be an increase in sea level by the year 2100 of 1.5 feet . "Twenty Five percent of the world’s population lives less than 1.1 meters above see level." The IPCC also predicts that there will be " droughts, heat waves, expanding deserts, ecosystem disruption and increasingly severe weather", as well as the productivity of agriculture, which are among the probable consequences of climate change.
There is a huge conflict over the costs of addressing the greenhouse gas problem. "There appears to be a general agreement that energy efficiency is the wave of the future." Many in the environmental community see the benefits as high and the costs of mitigation as low. Others, including some in the business community, see the benefits as low and the costs as high . "One argument ...

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