Even if all emissions from human activities would suddenly stop, the climate would continue to change. However, continued unabated, anthropogenic pollution and greenhouse gas emissions will further increase global warming, ocean acidification, desertification and changing climate patterns. 

 

Aggravated by pollution, overexploitation of natural resources and environmental degradation, these will lead to severe, pervasive and irreversible changes for people, assets, economies and ecosystems around the world.

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