Continuation of Part 1...
Coming to the effects of Global warming on the environment and human life, they are numerous and varied. Rising sea levels, glacier retreat, arctic shrinkage, and the altered patterns of agriculture are some of the effects of global warming. With the earth's temperature getting warmer, ice masses melt and consequently, the sea level rises several feet. Arctic shrinkage is happening as a result of changes in the regional climate, and the climatic changes associated with agriculture are also some of the undesirable effects. The effects of global warming does not end here, there are indeed so many consequences - depletion of ozone layer, harmful radiations from the sun, extinction of species and so on. Meanwhile, Al Gore, the 45th vice-president of the United States and an environmental activist, has stated in his book 'The Inconvenient Truth' that the Earth is dashing towards an immensely warmer future. He has also illustrated the various reasons and also about the ill effects of global warming and its remedies.
Let us also not forget that he was the recipient for Nobel Peace Prize for his work in the year 2007. Now with the climatic calamity which is, indeed, tremendously hazardous, agreements such as the Kyoto Protocol signed by various nations to reduce the emissions of various green house gases should help in fighting down this global issue.
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Combating climate change may not be a question of who will carry the burden but could instead be a rush for the benefits, according to new economic modeling presented at “Climate Change: Global Risks, Challenges & Decisions” hosted by the University of Copenhagen.
Contrary to current cost models for lowering greenhouse gases emissions and fighting climate change, a group of researchers from the University of Cambridge conclude that even very stringent reductions of can create a macroeconomic benefit, if governments go about it the right way.
“Where many current calculations get it wrong is in the assumption that more stringent measures will necessarily raise the overall cost, especially when there is substantial unemployment and underuse of capacity as there is today”, explains Terry Barker, Director of Cambridge Centre for Climate Change Mitigation Research (4CMR), Department of Land Economy, University of Cambridge and a member of the Scientific Steering Committee of the Congress.
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