The climate change issues are as relevant to us as to other countries. Climate change - is a large-scale, long-term changes in weather conditions and average temperature of the planet. If we observe a greater period of time, the average surface temperature of the planet has risen by about 1.1 degrees Celsius since the late 19th century. Scientists have no doubt anymore that this change is mainly due to the increasing concentration of carbon dioxide and other man-made emissions.
The average temperature in Ukraine may rise by 3,2-4,5. In this case, Ukraine awaits significant negative consequences primarily in the agriculture sector with increasing droughts, reduction of rainfall in the summer and peak temperatures (colder winters and hotter summers).
Droughts and floods and other extreme weather events such as hurricanes are happening not only more frequent, but their devastating effects increase. Such nature disasters will become permanent, causing significant losses in the economy and threatening food security. Droughts and heatwaves, rainfall reduction in summer will also help to increase the frequency of forest fires and desertification of southern and south-eastern regions of Ukraine.
At the same time the regions in the south of Ukraine may also suffer very likely due to the rising of the Black and Azov seas, which are part of the World ocean.
Global warming in Ukraine will show itself through irreversible degradation of the Black Sea and Azov steppes and steppe part of Crimea as well as through reduced productivity of forests throughout Ukraine, including the spread of infectious plants diseases and pests.
There also may be a threat of diseases spreading, which are not typical for Ukraine.
However, there is an alternative scenario, which allows to keep the rise in temperature within 1,5 degrees Celsius as well as mitigate climate change and its negative consequences. This scenario requires a transition to 100% renewable energy, radical reduction in greenhouse gas emissions, the use of organic farming and reduction of livestock, forest and ecosystem conservation, changes in the transportation system, and most importantly - changes in the consumeristic minds, the constant enrichment and economic growth, which now prevails in Ukraine and the world.
