TY - BOOK TI - Living in a changing climate T2 - EEA signals 2015, 1831-2772 SN - 9789292136574 U1 - 363.738 PY - 2015/// CY - Luxembourg PB - Publications Office of the European Union KW - Environmental policy -- European Union KW - Climate change KW - Quality of the environment N2 - Our climate is changing. Scientific evidence shows that the global average temperature is rising, and rainfall patterns are shifting. It also shows that glaciers, Arctic sea ice and the Greenland ice sheet are melting. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Changeā€²s Fifth Assessment Report shows that the warming since the mid-20th century is predominantly due to an increase in greenhouse-gas concentrations as a result of emissions from human activities. Combustion of fossil fuels and changes in land use are largely responsible for this increase ER -