Climate change is a controversial topic that requires further investigation to conclusively prove to others that a problem exists. Even those who attempt to prove climate change will admit that there are multiple variables that can affect the planet's climate and that many of them are not caused by humans. As noted in the introduction to Chapter 12, “2013: Long-term Climate Change: Projections, Commitments and Irreversibility,” of the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (AR5) Collins et al. (2013), Projections of future climate change are not like weather forecasts. It is not possible to make deterministic and definitive predictions about climate change over the next century and beyond as is the case with short-term weather forecasts… Projections of climate change are uncertain, firstly because they mainly depend on scenarios of future anthropogenic and climatic evolution. natural forcings that are uncertain, firstly due to an incomplete understanding and imprecise models of the climate system and finally due to the existence of internal climate variability. The term climate projection tacitly implies these uncertainties and dependencies. Drawing on research from organizations such as the IPCC and knowledgeable scientists across multiple disciplines, I will explore the history, perceived causes, and impacts of climate change. Based on this review, I will propose my own solutions, locally and globally, to mitigate or adapt to the likely impacts of global warming.Background on the history of climate changeThroughout history, examples of climate change predating the industrial era can be found. The Anasazi were forced to leave what is now Colorado due to severe droughts in 1130-1180 and 1275-1299. Greenland was...... middle of paper......1(1), 183-197. http://web.ebscohost.com/ehost/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?sid=439db9d8-b30d-4daf-b41d-b9bf5e3bbbe5%40sessionmgr4005&vid=44&hid=4112Semenza, JC, Ploubidis, GB and George, LA (2011). Climate change and climate variability: personal motivation for adaptation and mitigation. Environmental health: a scientific source with global access, 10 (Suppl 1), 46-57. http://web.ebscohost.com/ehost/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?sid=439db9d8-b30d-4daf-b41d-b9bf5e3bbbe5%40sessionmgr4005&vid=33&hid=4112Stolberg, T., 2010: Teaching Darwinian Evolution: Learning from Education religious. Sci. Educ., 19, 679-692. Wheeler, S. M. (2008). State and municipal climate change plans: the first generation. Journal of the American Planning Association. http://web.ebscohost.com/ehost/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?vid=19&sid=439db9d8-b30d-4daf-b41d-b9bf5e3bbbe5%40sessionmgr4005&hid=411274(4), 481