The issue focused on climate change and conservation issues in northern Chile. President Sebastián Piñera noted that scientists around the world had concluded that climate change would eventually destroy life on earth. He argued that scientific studies confirmed this theory. Scientists believe that climate change will cause warming of the atmosphere, decreasing precipitation and melting glaciers and polar ice caps. Meanwhile, agriculture will suffer because climate change will alter rainfall patterns and agriculture needs more irrigation water. These factors could ultimately impact agriculture worldwide. The topic also touched upon conservation efforts