12  Part 1: Conclusion

By the end of Part 1, we hope that you have become more familiar with

Programming:

  1. Installing Python and related packages
  2. Basic Python commands
  3. Downloading and manipulating data using pandas DataFrames
  4. Visualization using Python Plotly package

More importantly, from a Climate Change insights perspective, you have

  1. Understood where we stand with respect to Climate Change
  2. Seen the various components of a Climate Dashboard (built for 2024, refreshed through 2026 in this edition)

We also hope that we have presented some evidence and convinced you based on data and scientific evidence that

  1. The climate is changing
  2. The pace of climate change is abnormal relative to the past 11,300 years
  3. In general, the earth is getting hotter
  4. We are experiencing more glacier and ice melting
  5. Oceans are absorbing more heat
  6. Sea level is rising

The next question is, are we, the humans, responsible for it? We will address this in Part 2 of the book.

In Part 3, we will dig deeper into why should we care about climate change, even if we are responsible for it.

Finally, in Part 4, we will discuss how individuals can help reduce the pace of climate change. It is possible that climate change is going to irrevocably change the weather irrespective of our future actions. In that case, what are our options for climate resiliency? We hope to discuss these in Part 4 of the book.