Basic principals in climate literacy and energy awareness are explained in the given link. Climate on Earth has been regulated by long and continuous chain of natural processes for billion and millions of years. Climate on Earth developed a unique evolution, coherence and equilibrium in all life processes at the earth’s surface. After the industrial revolution and the accelerating use of fossil fuel, humans have had an increasing impact and traceable negative effects on the earth’s climate and thereby the basic processes regulating life at the earth’s surface.

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