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Adam Osborne (Year 12) It is without doubt that we are currently experiencing a climate crisis in the form of climate change but what exactly is climate change and what are the ways in which we can slow down the impacts it is causing on Earth. In this essay I will go into what climate change is, the effects of it and certain mitigation measures and adaptation strategies we can undertake to save our planet for our future generations from suffering irreversible damage. Climate change refers to the long-term shifts in the weather patterns and global temperatures. This has been caused both naturally and from humans. The main human activities that have driven climate change include the burning of fossil fuels and deforestation. The burning of fossil fuels results in large amounts of carbon dioxide being released which is a greenhouse gas. Greenhouse gases trap heat in our atmosphere which causes global warming which means that temperatures begin to rise. Furthermore, deforestation is a...