There hasn’t yet exactly been an effective collective state response when responding to the issue, there have been numerous treaties and long-term endeavors proposed, however, a lack of progress continues for many countries around the globe, especially for China and the United States. Individuals, businesses and the governments of various nations are forthcoming ways to respond to the issue, however, there have been considerable setbacks and other conflicts down the line. A prime example would be the Kyoto Protocol of 1997. “The Kyoto Protocol failed because it is the wrong type of instrument (a universal intergovernmental treaty) relying too heavily on the wrong agents exercising the wrong sort of power to create, from the top down, a carbon market” (Prinz & Rayner, 2007). The Kyoto Treaty is the Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). “UNFCCC was created during
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Firstly, and most critical, our earth’s water systems are gradually, but increasingly, off balance. Emissions from heat-trapping gases resulting from human activity, especially from the use and burning of fossil fuels for the functioning in everyday living, is causing drastic warmth in temperature, dangerously heating up the atmosphere. This has resulted in the melting of the cryosphere. In other words, Earth’s frozen water in the oceans surrounding the boarders of Antarctica and the Arctic is melting. Global weather is also reaching up to higher extremes. Increased water evaporation paves the way for extreme weather storms to occur, which includes hurricanes and tornadoes. Rising sea levels also make coastal flooding significantly worse that what it primarily would be. Finally, since the water temperature of oceans is increasing, they are expanding and becoming more acidic, as they are beginning to soak up approximately 90% of the extra heat in the
Firstly, and most critical, our earth’s water systems are gradually, but increasingly, off balance. Emissions from heat-trapping gases resulting from human activity, especially from the use and burning of fossil fuels for the functioning in everyday living, is causing drastic warmth in temperature, dangerously heating up the atmosphere. This has resulted in the melting of the cryosphere. In other words, Earth’s frozen water in the oceans surrounding the boarders of Antarctica and the Arctic is melting. Global weather is also reaching up to higher extremes. Increased water evaporation paves the way for extreme weather storms to occur, which includes hurricanes and tornadoes. Rising sea levels also make coastal flooding significantly worse that what it primarily would be. Finally, since the water temperature of oceans is increasing, they are expanding and becoming more acidic, as they are beginning to soak up approximately 90% of the extra heat in the