Top of PageWhat is the difference between climate change and global warming?
Climate change refers to a long-term shift in climate, including temperature, precipitation, winds, and other indicators. This may vary from region to region. Global warming refers specifically to an increase in the global average surface temperature. Global warming is often misunderstood to imply that the world will warm uniformly. In fact, some areas of the world will warm more, while others will warm less than the global average; some areas may even cool for a period of time.
