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cancer (Jaworowski). While the UVA and UVB rays of sunlight continue to penetrate the ozone layer of the Earth, studies have shown that the amount of sunlight decreases at a rate of three percent every year and it is steadily becoming a darker planet (Kyoto Protocol). This is a problem because sunlight provides humans with Vitamin D which is essential for the body and without sunlight humans will be forced to find alternatives. Also, global warming can possibly lead to a mass extinction of…

In order to have a better understanding of Global Warming it is crucial to have a clear perspective of how it is affecting society and our planet today. Rainstorms, droughts, record high temperatures, the significant melting of ice glaciers and lastly the rising of sea levels are just some effects that have become increasingly prevailing in our day to day lives. Heat waves amongst precipitation under global warming are major threats to human and animal health and safety. The ongoing days of…

crisis of climate change. The Kyoto Protocol is a perfect representation…

The US asserted itself as one of the largest economic and military powers by refusing the Kyoto Protocol without fear of sanction from other states. While the Protocol was eventually ratified after Russia’s agreement in 2005, a neorealist would argue that the concessions given to other members to continue their involvement damaged the Protocol’s…

Climate Change is a worldwide phenomenon, that affects the regular conditions of the environment. Historically, there have been several conventions, as the Kyoto Protocol, in order to address this problem. However, only until the Paris Agreement, countries have committed to take actions to mitigate this issue. In fact, Canada did not demonstrate any interest in the subject, but rather the provinces took the initiative and started to use regulations to reduce CO2 emissions. By 2015, Canada has…

international community has taken series of actions in response to the problem by adopting some international agreements. The international community initiative includes drafting measures to achieve the United Nations Convention on Climate Change (Kyoto Protocol) in order to stabilize the concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere and to prevent dangerous interference with the climate. The article written by Scott Barrett and Robert Stavins analysis the effectiveness of such…

Environmental Institutions Success and Failures Globalization has been beneficial for many countries; there has been a bigger flow of information between countries, cultures are intermingling, and there is now a global market for companies and consumers who can access products from different countries. However, globalization has also created issues as well. One issue I will be focusing on is the environmental impact of globalization. “Industry, mass consumption and the increased energy needs of…

Intro: Consider a math final in a stressful period in high school students’ careers. Due to some freak coincidence, every student in a class has forgotten their pencil--and, every student knows that the more pencils they have, the more they work they can write down for partial credit. A pile of used mechanical pencils sits unregulated in a corner. One student, Dylan, realizes that he can take one of those pencils and get a better grade than others in the class. In fact, he can take as many as he…

According to the studies conducted on climate change, the speed at which the earth’s climate is changing exceeds the ability of all types of ecosystems (marine, coastal, freshwater, and terrestrial) to adapt as well as compromising their ability to function effectively (IPCC, 2007b; DEA, 2011) An intention of enhancing public awareness and understanding of climate change causes and impacts whilst promoting participation and action at all levels is among the principles outlined in the government…

The 1997 Kyoto Protocol focused on reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 5 percent below 1990 levels by 2012 and set binding targets that involved 37 industrialized countries and the EU. There is a growing expectation and principled belief that developed countries…