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What is climate change? A definition from the Department of Ecology of Washington State reads: Climate includes patterns of temperature, precipitation, humidity, wind and seasons. It affects more than just a change in the weather and refers to seasonal changes over a long period of time. These climate patterns play a fundamental role in shaping natural ecosystems, and the human economies and cultures that depend on them.

It may be used inter-changably with global warming as they’re closely related. Global warming causes climates to change. Here is NASA discussion on the two terms, What's In A Name?

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The Urgency of Combating Climate Change

President-elect Barack Obama addressed the Global Climate Summit in Beverly Hills, California, on November 18-19, 2008, promising "a new chapter of American leadership on climate change."

His subsequent engagements included Climate Change Talks in 2009 (details here), speeches on climate change in 2013 (details here), and discussions on reducing carbon pollution from power plants in May 2014 (details here).

EarthSayer President Barack Obama

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