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| - Fact Check: Botanist's statement that humans do not affect global warming is false
The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) called for urgent action to combat climate change, biodiversity loss, and pollution
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The posts share a quote by a scientist saying humans do not affect global warmingFact :
The quote is a very old one and does not reflect the current scientific studies that confirm that human activity does contribute to global warmingThe UN Environment Programme (UNEP) called for urgent action to combat climate change, biodiversity loss, and pollution, warning that progress on all fronts remains slow and uneven. UNEP’s Emissions Gap Report 2024 warned that countries must cut emissions by 42 percent by 2030 to keep global warming within the 1.5°C target agreed in the landmark Paris Agreement. Without drastic action, temperatures could rise between 2.6°C and 3.1°C this century, climate models warn, with catastrophic consequences.
Meanwhile, an image containing a photo of a man and a quote attributing to Dr David Bellamy is in circulation on social media. The quote goes “Global warming is part of (a) natural cycle and there’s nothing we can actually do to stop these cycles. The world is now spending a vast amount of money in tax to try to solve a problem that doesn’t actually exist."
Fact Check:
The claim is False. The quote is a very old one and does not reflect the current scientific studies that confirm that human activity does contribute to global warming.
The image seen in this post is of Dr David Bellamy, an English botanist who died in 2019. In his interview published in November 2008, he stated that he did not believe in man-made global warming.
When we searched for more information about global warming, we found that scientists around the world agree that human activities do cause climate change.
According to a study published by NASA, scientific evidence continues to show that human activities (primarily the burning of fossil fuels) have warmed earth’s surface and its ocean basins, which in turn have continued to impact earth’s climate. This is based on over a century of scientific evidence forming the structural backbone of today's civilization.
NASA Global Climate Change presents the state of scientific knowledge about climate change while highlighting the role NASA plays in better understanding our home planet. This effort includes multiple peer-reviewed studies from research groups across the world, illustrating the accuracy and consensus of research results (in this case, the scientific consensus on climate change) consistent with NASA’s scientific research portfolio.
With that said, multiple studies published in peer-reviewed scientific journals1 show that climate-warming trends over the past century are extremely likely due to human activities. In addition, most of the leading scientific organizations worldwide have issued public statements endorsing this position. The following is a partial list of these organizations, along with links to their published statements and a selection of related resources.
A comprehensive analysis conducted by 57 scientists from around the globe agrees that the unprecedented warming of the world is attributable to human activities. The study published in the journal Earth System Science Data points to the urgent need for concerted global efforts to address climate change.
While natural climate variability, such as El Niño events, has played a role in the record temperatures of 2023, the overwhelming driver remains human activity. The analysis shows that natural factors contributed only about 10% to the observed warming, with the remaining 90% attributed to human-induced factors. This distinction is crucial, as it emphasizes that the current climate crisis is not a result of natural cycles but of human actions.
Therefore, the quote is from an English botanist from 2008. It does not reflect the current scientific findings. Recent scientific studies show that human activities certainly contribute to global warming. The claim is False.
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