Assessment of greenhouse gas emissions in the humanitarian sector

22/10/2013

There is a broad scientific consensus that attributes the rise in global temperatures to the greenhouse gas emissions produced by humans, particularly carbon dioxide from the burning of fossil fuels (transport, the production of electricity, heating) and methane from agriculture and the decomposition of waste. The effects of climate change can already be observed and they are primarily affecting the most fragile populations: increase in the frequency of extreme weather events, reduction of agricultural yields, extension of areas where there is a prevalence of diseases like malaria, dengue fever, etc.