Effects of Climate Change Climate change affects us all. Regardless of your gender, age, language or nationality, climate change is a phenomenon that impacts everyone in practically all areas: family, social, political and economic. In fact, the impacts of climate change are already perceptible and are evidenced by data such as: The global average temperature has already risen 1.1°C since pre-industrial times The period 2015-2019, according to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), will probably be the warmest five-year period ever recorded. The rate of sea level rise has risen to 5 mm per year in the five-year period 2014-2019