Published on : Monday, March 31, 2014
This is perhaps the last chance to control the climate change. The United Nation is urging all governments to seriously check their carbon emission which is the main threat to global warming and increasing temperatures. The chance to turn down the thermostat is slipping away.
The latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change concluded that taking steps to reduce the carbon dioxide emissions blamed for rising temperatures could buy more time to adjust to a warmer world.
If the carbon emission is limited now then the time for adaptation to a particular level of climate can be increased. Vicente Barros, the co-chaiman of the IPCC said that Investments in better preparation can pay dividends both for the present and for the future. Without checks on emissions, the impacts of climate change will be more severe, more likely, and possibly irreversible.
Kelly Levin, an energy and climate expert at the U.S.-based World Resources Institute said that the choices we make today are going to affect the risks we face through the rest of the century. She felt that steps like building sea walls, conserving water and designing cities for warmer climates — has its limits. Some options are going to be too resource oriented and too expensive.
An increase in atmospheric carbon dioxide and other emissions have driven average temperatures up by about 0.6 degrees Celsius (1 degree Fahrenheit) since 1950, the IPCC says. The first part of its report, released in September, concluded that even a best-case scenario would result in an increase in global average temperatures of 1.6 C; the worst-case scenario estimates a rise of 3.7 degrees Celsius (6.6 Fahrenheit).
The fact that carbon emission challenges the earth’s climate may be politically controversial but has been accepted by the scientists of the world that CO2 concentration in the atmosphere has severe impact on the climate and the damages are irreparable. The climate will make an impact on marine life, agriculture and trigger flood risks and also extreme cold conditions.
The impact will also be felt on fresh water as Glaciers around the world will shrink affecting water supply in the streams. Animals are shifting their habitats. Colder climates are giving way to increases in crop yields from longer growing seasons, but the negative effects will be more than the positive, as this is definitely against nature.
Poor countries will suffer more due to climate change. It will affect their livelihood, reduction on crop yield resulting in increase of food prices. The outcome of climate change will be catastrophic if carbon emission is still not taken seriously by each individual.
This is perhaps the last chance to control the climate change. The United Nation is urging all governments to seriously check their carbon emission which is the main threat to global warming and increasing temperatures. The chance to turn down the thermostat is slipping away. The latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change concluded that taking steps to reduce the carbon dioxide emissions blamed for rising temperatures could buy more time to adjust to a warmer world.
If the carbon emission is limited now then the time for adaptation to a particular level of climate can be increased. Vicente Barros, the co-chaiman of the IPCC said that Investments in better preparation can pay dividends both for the present and for the future. Without checks on emissions, the impacts of climate change will be more severe, more likely, and possibly irreversible.
Kelly Levin, an energy and climate expert at the U.S.-based World Resources Institute said that the choices we make today are going to affect the risks we face through the rest of the century. She felt that steps like building sea walls, conserving water and designing cities for warmer climates — has its limits. Some options are going to be too resource oriented and too expensive.
An increase in atmospheric carbon dioxide and other emissions have driven average temperatures up by about 0.6 degrees Celsius (1 degree Fahrenheit) since 1950, the IPCC says. The first part of its report, released in September, concluded that even a best-case scenario would result in an increase in global average temperatures of 1.6 C; the worst-case scenario estimates a rise of 3.7 degrees Celsius (6.6 Fahrenheit).
The fact that carbon emission challenges the earth’s climate may be politically controversial but has been accepted by the scientists of the world that CO2 concentration in the atmosphere has severe impact on the climate and the damages are irreparable. The climate will make an impact on marine life, agriculture and trigger flood risks and also extreme cold conditions.
The impact will also be felt on fresh water as Glaciers around the world will shrink affecting water supply in the streams. Animals are shifting their habitats. Colder climates are giving way to increases in crop yields from longer growing seasons, but the negative effects will be more than the positive, as this is definitely against nature.
Poor countries will suffer more due to climate change. It will affect their livelihood, reduction on crop yield resulting in increase of food prices. The outcome of climate change will be catastrophic if carbon emission is still not taken seriously by each individual.
Tags: climate change, CO2 emission, united nation, World Resources Institute
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