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Global warming has been taking effect on the Earth’s environment since the 1950’s creating dramatic changes and dangerous new records. In the last three decades the Earth’s average surface temperature has each been successively warmer than any previous decade since 1850 as a result of increase greenhouse emissions (IPCC 2014). This temperature rise is impacting some of the most vulnerable ecosystems on the planet such as the polar regions, coral reefs and tropical rainforests. Climate change can…

"It is urgent and the timeframe is critical and it has to be right now," said Vicki Arroyo, executive director of the Georgetown Climate Center at Georgetown Law. "We can 't lose another four years, much less eight years" (Neuhauser). The next Americans President, experts say, may be the very last who can avert catastrophe from climate change which makes it very important for the next American President to give climate change the top most priority. This requires the Presidential candidates to…

Who should bear the burdens? : Three Principles Let us begin with the Polluter Pay Principle (PPP). According to the PPP, those who contributed to climate change should compensate the harm. The application of this principle has the advantage that the cost of the damage is reflected in the cost of the goods, playing the market its role. Along with this, prevention of harm would be mainly carried out by mitigation than adaptation which results lot cheaper (Vanderheiden, 2011). Although this…

What a coincidence that after the American Industrial Revolution in the 1760 's-1840 's, 40 years later the Earth began to warm up. The Earth begins to warm up due to the amount of carbon dioxide that is released to the atmosphere. During this time period to this day, humans have destroyed the environment and have replaced them with industries, houses , and etc increasing the amount of carbon dioxide rapidly. This new change has erupted various catastrophic consequences such as climate change,…

Moana Ola encourages a healthy post-2020 climate change target in line with keeping global warming below 2°C that is ambitious and achievable. As part of New Zealand’s contribution to the universal climate change agreement, an economy-wide target to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by at least 40% by 2030 compared to 1990 levels. This type of commitment will require robust policies and coordinated action across the integrated sectors as determined by decisions of the UNFCCC Conference of the…

Cap and Trade Cap and trade is a system in which economically and an environmentally approach to control the emission of green house gases. Cap and trade is a market based approach to control pollution which was adopted by many countries, states, and groups of companies. The cap sets a limit on emissions, which is lowered over time to reduce the amount of pollutants released into the atmosphere. The trade creates a market for carbon allowances, helping companies to come up with different ideas…

When discussing the environment creates a lot of controversy as there are many different opinions on how the environment should be regulated. Proposals on how to regulate and protect the environment have proved to be unsuccessful up to this point as both political parties cannot agree on regulations that suites all parties involved. The United States needs to take responsibility and be the first country to enact a national policy that will significantly reduce emissions because by doing so will…

This article by the New York Times describes what Trump’s promises mean in accordance with the Paris Agreement. Although the agreement does not rely solely on the United States, we are hold a large role in influence for other nations to cut back and have been on track for improvement over the last few years. If America does retract its agreement, other countries have threatened to tax or altogether deny imports and exports from the U.S. The combat against climate change began with the Obama…

The United states should not have pulled out of the Paris Climate Accord because the view on america is bad enough, the earth is ill and creating jobs strengthens that illness, and the long term goal set by the Accord is much more important than some think. To begin, receding from the Paris Climate Accord shows a great sign of weakness and inability to commit, resulting in an even more rapid decrease in positive views from other nations on the United States, as even the U.S. could not agree to…

III. The Second Negotiable Field: Environment 1. Importance of Environmental Problems In Korea and Japan, both the industrialized and democratic countries, the environment has emerged as a high priority issue. They have experienced rapid economic growth, but have along the way encountered serious environmental problems. These societies now share the idea that, if they do not preserve natural environment, their economic development would be unsustainable. It would be politically impossible for…