What 2021 looked like for global climate change

In the past year, European gas prices increased by 611 per cent in light of a global energy crunch. Russia is just one example of an authoritarian government threatening the safety of global energy chains, the same can be said of Iran, Egypt and Saudi Arabia. Destruction of natural habitats through human activity and overfishing reduces the number of natural climate sinks and puts us at greater risk for climate disastersIn Brazil, home to the Amazon rainforest (one such climate sink), over 13,00 square kilometres of forest were lost between August 2020 and July 2021. Climate Summit in Glasgow, Scotland (AP) Indian minister for Environment and Climate Change Bhupender Yadav attends a stocktaking plenary session at the COP26 U.N. In countries like India, Vashist also asserts that the needs of communities dependent on fossil fuels should be balanced against the needs of the environment.