In several respects, global climate change (GCC) represents new conditions. It is not just extreme events and changing rainfall patterns that have started to affect individuals in various parts of the world. There are also discussions in the political community regarding activities of mitigation and adaptation because of climate change. Decisions by others predict effects (by politicians regarding road toll systems, extra taxes on fossil fuel, etc.) even for those who are not personally concerned.…
“Australia needs to do more to address environmental concerns.” Discuss. It is obvious that the Australian nation needs to further correct the adverse state of the environment. From global warming to resource depletion it is clear that the Earth has been severely damaged by human actions and Australia is no exception to this. Looking at our planet today, it is evident that whatever the world leaders are doing currently is not enough.…
The audience’s feelings towards Tim Flannery’s findings about the future of the world and the animals that do not have awareness publicly, will feel to act and read into understanding how humans are the cause for climate change and act on changing things for a better future. The text is relevant to the audience as it addresses the issues humans cause for later damage to the earth, animals, and the environment due to using transportation and living in general. In society, the issues that Tim Flannery publishes in his books are relevant to all audiences that reads the books addressing on the major effects that global warming will have on every human and animal living on earth. The language technique used is personification from the sentence “It is a remarkable synthesis of the determinants of life in the southern lands that comprise Australasia”, as it uses human feeling towards Tim Flannery’s discoveries. The impact on the audience from the language technique used “remarkable” to seem as Tim Flannery is a high achiever in science with the environment.…
In different parts of the globe, identities are shifting, transcending or disappearing from the world. Whether these events were forced to occur or not, the result is that the words ‘diversity’ and ‘freedom’ become less truthful. There are currently people in the world who suffer from conditions that derive from major influences such as environmental, political or eternal tribulations. Considering these factors, should we not take precautions to prevent any future problems? The growing epidemic of climate change is among us, yet we seem to be stagnant in trying to stop it.…
Before the flood is a captivating documentary about the hard times the are ahead for the earths population. It was evidently a documentary that was focusing on the negative effects that global warming is having on our world and what it could become in less than a decade. Aside from the overwhelmingly negative effects to our way of life and the environment if we do not make a global effort to fight climate change, there are significant risks to the Australian economy if we do not take steps towards pricing carbon. Almost 25% of worldwide investment in renewable energy last year was a total total of $50 billion or $1 trillion around the world. “We cannot afford to have leaders in office who do not believe in the modern science of climate change,” said DiCaprio in the interview.…
Love Your Mother (Earth) The world is changing in a deadly way and if we do not act now, it may be too late to save it. Global climate change is a real problem and needs to be addressed in a truthful manner, by government officials, by educators, and by the media. It is easy to see the effects human interaction has on environmental events and the climate with extreme events happening at a rate never seen before.…
The present religious landscape of Australia has significantly changed since 1945. The factors of this change include immigration, denominational switching, rise of the new age religions, secularism and Christianity as a major religious tradition. Australia has a wide variety of religions in its country, each with unique traditions of their own. The major religious tradition in Australia is Christianity, with the 2011 census showing 61% Christianity in Australia, and other religions making up 7.2% (Census, 2011).…
Climate change is a threat to Australia's natural forests. In some climate zones specific climate changes has evolved, costing the ability of Australia’s ecosystem to adapt to different conditions(Saul, B., Sherwood, S., McAdam, J., Stephens, T., and Slezak, J. 2012). In most cases, some forests in Australia may tolerate the rise of temperatures, but everything has a limit, and the health of the forests might fail due to the rapid advance of the temperature. Although in some cases other trees may grow faster due to the rising carbon dioxide, those trees that are already adapted to the warmer climate and that needs less water to grow. This will effect the smaller regions with low soil fertility and their main growth factor is the soil nutrients…
Climate change has been a long-term global issue that requires collective global action in the form of flexible yet stable policy implementation by the global actors. As a global actor, Australia’s approach and commitments to action on climate change, has been considered as inconsistent and lacking in direction (Talberg, Hui & Loynes, 2013). Nevertheless Australia’s climate reputation has not always been a negative one, in the early 1990’s Australia’s reputation was even seen as pro-environmental when the labor government “appointed an Ambassador for the environment, sent experts to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), passed the Ozone Protection Act 1989 and committed Australia to stabilise greenhouse gas emissions at 1988…
Climate change has affected people, mainly the atmosphere detrimentally. The article states that, “ The poorest people in the world had virtually nothing to do with causing global warming…” This textually evidence explains how the climate change is negatively changing weather. Toxic waste sites are placed in rural areas where the poorest people live. The population is thrown into the atmosphere affecting the poorest peoples environment.…
Cold Comfort for “Global Warming” Philip Scott’s essay “Cold Comfort for Global Warming” talks about what he considers to be “myths” associated with global warming. His purpose is to convey that, changes in our environment and climate are not all due to global warming. Some are indeed just nature taking its course. He utilizes a sarcastic, yet direct tone in hopes to have readers think twice about the effects of “human induced global warming.”…
Imagine a barren wasteland, incapable of supporting the growth of any form of life and overpopulated with more people than it could sustain: this is the future of the earth. But, this is not just another scene from a sci-fi film of a population that has expedited their vital resources, but the reality for the “over 7 billion people” who populate the home we call earth (Hardaway 4). A considerable amount of blame is placed on global warming which is an “increase in the temperature of the lower atmosphere“; however, global warming has not garnered enough acceptance from some political officials and skeptics due to the term’s ambiguity (“global warming”). Global warming is often confused with climate change and although these terms sound alike…
Global warming and the world General Purpose: To inform Specific Purpose: To inform my audience of global warming and its impact on our planet Central Idea: The growing concern of climate change and the rising sea level due to globe warming has been a big discussion in many parts of the world Introduction I. Attention-getter: How’s the weather outside? Many of us many not this but the earth is growing hotter as the years goes by.…
Causes and Impact of Global Warming Climate changes have a long term impact to patterns of temperature, rain, snow, and wind. The shift in temperature creates global warming which is an average increase in temperature near the earth’s surface and the lowest layer of the atmosphere. The climate change affect people and the environment in many different ways. The idea on remaining vital with climate changes is to identify the social problem of environmental inequalities for the adaptations to reduce and minimize catastrophic repercussions.…
South Australia encountered many challenges in its environmental planning over decades due to natural causes, such as: geographical position and climate, and anthropogenic disturbance originated from: urbanization, industrialization, and transportation. There are three key environmental issues that remain vital to be anticipated by the state’s planners for at least the next five years, they are: 1. WATER SECURITY ISSUE Drivers: a. Climate Change Chartres and Williams (2006) explain that, based on the climate change projection, there is a tendency of decreasing winter-spring rainfall, as the rainiest period to gather water supplies, over Southern half of the Australia. In addition, the threat of drought brought by El Niño phenomenon might exacerbates…