Climate Change In California

Climate change is a huge threat to the earth. It affects human, plant, and animal life, and humans are the cause of it. The main cause is the burning of fossil fuels, but there are many other ways that humans cause climate change. It’s obvious that humans are “killing” the earth, but they are also the only ones to help decrease climate change. The United States is responsible for contributing to climate change the most out of any other place, however, California is one of the main contributors to climate change in the country. California is working to reduce their contribution to climate change. “California have a history of being interested in environmental issues” (Climate Change and Questions of Justice, 29). California suffers harshly from climate change. They experience flooding, lower crop yields, droughts, extreme heat, and wildfires.”...land in California affected by wildfires will increase by …show more content…
People would have to accept and adapt to a different lifestyle. Some changes would be taken in as the government's responsibility, while other changes would be taken into everyday lives of humans. The government's responsibilities could include decrease use of fossil fuels, less deforestation, and infrastructure upgrades. Pros for decreasing the use of fossil fuels would be having more renewable energy sources to use and less greenhouse emissions in the atmosphere. Cons would be less energy production which wouldn't give off a lot of energy. Pros for less deforestation would be less droughts, and more places for wildlife. Cons are less room for civilization as it expands and less room for industrialization. Then lastly infrastructure upgrades. Pros include more energy efficient buildings and better cement-making techniques. Then of course cons which are the fact that infrastructure upgrades would require a large amount of cement and a large amount of greenhouse gas emissions to build new buildings and