Greenhouse gas

Kyoto Protocol to the UNFCCC 2005 Greenhouse gas emissions have continuously risen not only due to natural activity but human as well; there is a strong relationship between anthropogenic factors and global climate change. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has estimated that average global temperatures will rise 1.4-5.8 C by 2100 if greenhouse gas emissions continue to increase (York, 2005). A call for action was necessary so the UNFCCC began to discuss the Kyoto Protocol in 1997.…

Man’s relationship to the natural world has always been a competitive one. Since the beginning of human civilization, mankind has strived to develop new technology and inventions through complex innovation but also through the use and help of nature’s resources. Every day, the human race seems to be finding new ways to consume things differently, explore unseen parts of the world, develop faster productivity, and construct radical creations; all to advance collectively as a society. It is…

Pakistan and hurricane Katrina can show us just how much weather - the conditions of the atmosphere over a short period of time - and climate can affect our lives. Thanks to the industrial revolution and consumption of fossil fuels by us, the amount of greenhouse gases emitted in to the atmosphere have increased dangerously in recent years. Many factors have contributed to cause the climate…

report on how to deal with these issues. One of the main focuses of the conference is, “To hold the increase in the global average temperature [below 1.5 °C] [or] [well below 2.0°C] above preindustrial levels by ensuring deep reductions in global greenhouse gas [net] emissions.” (Sustainable Innovation Forum, 2015). This is the problem that needs to be addressed as soon as possible. If not addressed in a timely manner consequences will occur. The world needs to become sustainable, 95% of…

climate change policy Like other countries, Australia has drawn on a wide range of measures for reducing its greenhouse gas emissions. Since the late 1980s, climate change policies have been introduced at all levels of government. Climate change policies began with voluntary schemes such as energy labelling (initially in New South Wales and Victoria from 1986) and the national Greenhouse Challenge Program for industry from 1995. Energy labelling was made mandatory from 1992 and progressed to…

Especially how their techniques on collecting natural gas and the process of refining the natural gas can change the people 's environment. When an oil pocket has been found underground on someone 's land, they would give a large sum of money to be allowed to mine it up. Once agreed to their terms and conditions, the natural gas company would start a technique called fracking. Fracking is a way of drilling into the ground and shooting water…

Cause and effects of Climate Change. General purpose: to inform. Specific purpose: After listening my speech my audience will know what is climate change, what causes it and its effects? Thesis Statement: Climate change is a very important issue that affects all of us. Organization pattern: Cause and effect. Introduction: I. (Attention-getter): How do you explain that 30 years ago we had a different weather than today? When you look at yourself in a dirty mirror; can you see your image…

There are multiple solutions we can take in order to help combat these climate changes. First, there must be an international political solution such as an application of a carbon tax or levy on the greenhouse gas emissions for all countries involved. Second, funding for developing cheap, clean and economical energy production must be increased, as all economic development is based on increasing energy usage. However, we must not pin all of our hopes on…

What is global warming? a. Global warming is the increase in the temperature of the entire earth. i. As the temperature increases the atmosphere is being damaged by the increased levels of carbon dioxide (CO2) produced by the greenhouse effect. ii. The greenhouse effect is the trapping of the sun’s warmth in the planet’s lower atmosphere due to the greater clarity, or transparency, of the atmosphere to visible radiation from the sun than to infrared radiation emitted from the planet’s surface…

can be seen in the research of trends of our global climate change. As the history of human beings have progressed, our research has shown a starting condition of the Earth’s atmosphere, that when these industrial revolutions have happened, more greenhouse gasses like carbon dioxide has been climbing at an astonishing…