Pros And Cons Of Climate Change

According to the IPCC (2007), climate change refers to a change in the state of the climate that can be identified (e.g. using statistical tests) by changes in the mean and the variability of its properties, and that persists for an extended period, typically decades or longer. It refers to any change in climate over time, whether due to natural variability or as a result of human activity. Studies suggest that the global climate has been warming and will probably continue to do so. Thus complicated process drives an array of effects, from distinct events like extreme weather to long-term impacts that vary by location, intensity,

Climate Change is a change of global or regional climate patterns, usually due to toxic gases in the atmosphere. Sea levels are rising, coastal cities are at risk, and harsher natural disasters, are all effects of climate change on the environment. Most pollutants come from burning fossil

Climate change is defined as the change in global or regional climate patterns, which is apparent from the mid to late 20th century onwards. When looking at climate change there is an abundance of evidence that supports that humans are the leading causes of the drastic shift in the weather pattern but there is also a lot of evidence against humans actually causing climate changes. For example, the increasing levels of man made gases that are let into the atmosphere may have created a greenhouse effect, which traps heat and ultimately causes global warming. But there are also many scientists who believe that the earth has always naturally cooled down or warmed up at its own pace.

Have you heard what is happening to the environment? Like how Greenland loses is 286 Gigatonnes of ice per year! And as of January 22, 2017, it has lost 3778.7 Gigatonnes since 2002! Why you ask? It’s due to Climate change. Climate change is a serious problem in our world, It can either end it or make it prosper that is why I chose to research it. Climate change won’t just effect on a country or continent, it will affect the whole world, and we are a part of that world. So, I decided to research it to see what we as humanity can do about climate change. To help I asked myself more questions such as “What will happen if we don’t intervene?”, “What is the source of the problem?”, “What are our choices as humanity?” After my research, I believe that there is a way to stop climate change and to do that we as humanity need to work together.

Climate change has become a major issue in global environmental politics as it has been shown to have a correlation with issues such as deforestation, biodiversity loss, and desertification. As Chapter 45 states “The 2007 report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) found consensus in the scientific community that greenhouse gas emissions have significantly increased because of human activity and, further, that the modest temperature increases we have already experienced are “very likely due to the observed increase in anthropogenic greenhouse gas concentrations.” Due to this report awareness was brought to almost everyone of how serious human activity was to the global climate. In 2009, it was declared that “If global warming is to be limited to a maximum of two degrees C. above preindustrial values, global emissions need to peak between 2015 and 2020 and then decline rapidly”. To me this sounds foreboding and it is something that deserves our full attention immediately. To try and get a better understanding of how serious climate change is, I’m going to try and interpret chapter 45 which deals on climate change through 5 different paradigms of International Relations.

Climate change conspirators/deniers is a problem to today’s population. Climate change is defined as any irregularities in earth’s weather (NASA, 2017). Individuals who deny the scientific facts that are climate change is an interesting subset of the population. Climate change conspiracy theories typically challenge the scientific proof and ultimately claim that climate change is a hoax. The reasons these individuals give vary. For one, a major claim is that climate change is natural and not a result of human behaviour/consumption patterns. Another main argument is that the science is not reliable. Despite both, and hundreds of other arguments against climate change being proven wrong, these deniers continue to believe that climate change does not exist. The primary conspiracy theory that will be focused on is the belief that climate change is a sham. Two research questions that would help understand why individuals choose to believe this conspiracy theory are: are there any common demographics among climate change deniers; and, how is this belief perpetuated in the media?

Environmentalists believe that climate change is a significant issue that the government needs to work on it. Scientists have explained that many events including drought, flooding, severe weather, rising sea levels, acidifying rains, and wildfires have affected people’s lives and the planet due to climate change. Climate change is caused by increasing heat in the atmosphere. The consumption of fossil fuels and other emissions are trapping carbon dioxide in the air, which increases the temperature and the more carbon dioxide humans produce the more the environment rises in temperature (Meyer, 2017). The hotter temperature affects environment, economy, health, and security. For example, people who live near coal mines are at higher risk to get asthma than other places, or fishermen suffer from ocean acidification because their income is heavily relying on fishing (Frank, 2012). These two examples indicate that climate change is threatening the environment and can create disruptions.

Those in power, who believe climate change is a myth, are dangerous for humankind, the environment, and the future as well. Specifically focusing on Trump, who has been in office for a few days, and those he choose to be in various government positions, together, they have already done more damage than good towards the environment. The decisions Trump, and Scott Pruitt (head of the Environmental Protection Agency) made with freezing the EPA's aid negatively affects poverty-stricken areas, like Flint, Michigan. By making drastic decisions without even considering those in America without clean drinking water, highlights that not only is the environment neglected, but also helpless people. While the denial of climate change is present, environmental racism is at work as well.

Richard Hilderman, who has a P.H.D in microbiology, said “The 20th Century has been warmer than any other time period in the last 400 years” (60+). Climate change has been brought upon by the burning of fossil fuels, which releases greenhouse gases (Hilderman 60+). The greenhouse gases then make a “blanket” surrounding the earth, which traps heat, making the world warmer (Hilderman 60+). Even though there are some overstated facts regarding climate change, policies to stop it would have a positive effect on the job and economic market, and climate change is the most pressing issue of today that needs more attention and worldwide policies to combat it.

Everyone is being lied to! Everyone believes in man-made climate change when it’s not even real. I’m here to tell you the truth. These reasons explain how everyone wastes their time and energy worrying about climate change. They waste their money on projects that don’t help, people believe in the politicians that started the lie, and the miners lose their jobs. I’m going to talk to you about climate change.

there has been many documented reports on climate change. There are still many people who believe that climate change is false. Most skeptics say that global warming is just one of Earth's many global cycles. They say they will have a stretch of Ice Age then swinging from massive glaciers to normal heat that is bearable to live in. You can hear this argument for many people from relatives and friends to even people on the news.Berkeley a nonprofit research and suit folks on climate change has released a paper on global warming hiatus. In 2015 Berkeley Starpointe now modern buoys that measure ocean temperatures tend to report slightly cooler temperatures than older ship-based systems even when measuring in the same parts of the ocean at same

Climate change is a subject that has sparked much debate in recent years, but for those who have come to the realization that this is truth know that the effects on our planet can lead to much devastation. However, in Iceland researchers have uncovered a method that could help slow down, if not turn around climate change by turning the greenhouse gas, carbon dioxide, into rock deep underground. Results from their research show that injecting the gas into volcanic rock leads to a new carbonate material, and this has the potential of locking up that gas forever.

There are people that do not believe that climate change is occurring. We can analyze why some deny climate change, use specific methods of persuasion, and use social media platforms to spread the word of how humans are impacting our planet. Using specific facts, we can attempt to educate and persuade others to realize just how severe human impact on Earth truly is.

The transition to a lower emissions future, without compromising the energy security and prosperity of current and future generations, is a lost cause! Powerful forces are preventing us from perceiving our common interest, and these forces with opposing views deny us the ability to reach an equitable solution.

The real inconvenient truth is this: people do not cause global warming. The Earth is naturally warming itself, and this is sending humankind into a panic. Even if people were causing global warming, there are many more advantages to the warming climate than disadvantages. Why scientists are taking this issue and blowing it out of proportions is baffling. There are many different ways to look at the argument, and few turn to actual science. The Earth may be warming, but this natural phenomenon may not be as catastrophic as widely believed.