The Greenhouse Policy : Global Warming Temperatures

The issue of climate change has become one of the most worrisome issues around the world. Australia, by the way, is one of the most vulnerable countries to the impact of climate change. Several sectors in Australia have already exposed to the severe effects of this environmental issue including biodiversity, agriculture, human health, tourism and definitely Australian economy.

A climate change a change in global or regional climate radiation diagram , in particular a change apparent from the mid to late 20th hundred onwards and attributed largely to the increased levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide produced by the use of fossil fuel .. climate change has been found in many countries and regions like Uganda, The Alps, Australia and many more. but our focus here is on the climate change in Australia. Climate alteration has been a major issue in Commonwealth of Australia since the beginning of the twenty first century. In 2013, a news report was released stating that Australia is becoming hotter, and that it will experience more extreme heat and longer flak seasons because of climate change. In 2014, the Bureau of Meteorology released a report on the common wealth of Australia's mood that highlighted several key points, including the dramatic step-up in Australia's temperatures and the increasing frequency of Bush fires, droughts and floods, which have all been linked to climate change.

Climate change is defined as long-term transformation in weather conditions behavior in excess of durations which cover anything from many years to millions of many years. The changes can be modifications in environment measured by change in temperature, precipitation, sea level, humidity and wind pattern. Human activities are the major cause of climate change as these are increasing the amount of greenhouse gases which results into rise in temperature, evaporation etcetera in many cities of the world. One of the cities of Australia, Brisbane, is especially vulnerable against atmosphere change due to its increasing population and waterfront area. Human settlements, biological communities and commercial enterprises all face dangers from compelling

I have researched about climate change in Australia and take this as an example for the same situation of other countries. Australia is a unique and diverse country in every way – in culture, populations, climate, geography, and history. It is home to more than one million species of plants and animals, many of which are found nowhere else in the world, and less than half have been described scientifically. However, Australia is an exceptionally large polluter. It is the highest per person greenhouse gas polluter among all developed countries, the 15th highest overall polluter and our emissions are still rising. Most of Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions come from the burning of fossil fuels for energy about 72%. When oil, gas or coal burns,

Climate change creates significant impacts in the Australian context: in considering sea level rise is one of the most critical condition and as per the IPCC report, in 2100 it will increase by79 centimeters (Department of climate change, 2009). Further, it enhances natural hazards affect on the coastal region as flood, inundation, erosion, and storm surges, which will be a significant threat to the coastal community (Button et al.2013). In addition, sea level rise causes a significant change to beaches, coral reefs, estuaries, wetlands and low-lying islands.

In the Jeff Goodell’s article “The End of Australia”, published in Rolling Stones, the author describes effect of a global warming on Australia. He provides such fact as increased drought that effects water supply, farm production and causes extreme fires that takes lives of people. Draws are followed by unusually long rains. Author also describes effects of global warming on the Great Barrier Reef. Increase in water temperature slowly killing the reef, which will potentially can harm marine life that inhabit the reef, and it would also effect economy of Australia by cutting tourists flow. Author also discuss that one of the main reason why Australia has such effects is high pollution and there is a ways to decrease it. However, Australia

Over the past 15 years there have been many meetings and agreements to reduce Australia's carbon emissions. These meetings and agreements have led to many different policies to achieve just that, however when Tony Abbott came into power most of them were scrapped or superseded. At the moment there is a few acts still in place such as the, Clean Energy Legislation Amendment Act 2012 and a few more. However these acts were implemented around 2012 meaning they are out of date with the new research. Therefore we need experts on who can create a plan that can reduce our carbon emissions to reach the targeted

In 1997, The Kyoto Protocol was adopted to address climate change and reduce greenhouse gas emissions (EPA, n.d.). In spite of the international treaty, half of participating nations, including Canada failed to reducing its Co2 emissions (Clark, D., 2012, November 26).

The high (A1fl) emission scenario displays results if fossil fuel dependence continues to increase. Currently, greenhouse gases are being emitted at a rate faster than the highest scenario (A1fl) predicts. Source 1 incorporates historical data provided by the Bureau of Meteorology (BoM). This information assisted in the creation of future climate change projections for Queensland which were prepared by Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO). The document also uses information reinforced by reliable sources such as the Department of Infrastructure of Natural Resources & Mines and Queensland Regional Profiles. These references are current as of 2004-2009. Climate is the long term average of weather conditions. Climate is generally recorded, updated and averaged every 30 years. Climate change is a change in global or regional climate patterns largely attributed to by increased levels of carbon dioxide present in the atmosphere. Source 1 defines climate change as an event that has reached the limits of natural variability. The document doesn’t explain how climate change happens or how it can be changed. It briefly explains the advantages of reducing fossil fuel use. Source 1 does – however – give an in depth overview of the impact of climate change for the future. The creation of “Climate change in the South East Queensland Region” relied on the use of; historical data records, tables and graphs, the IPCC emission

Global warming, the cause of our ice caps melting and the sea levels rising. The G7 nations have come together to put a stop to these environmental issues by introducing a plan to stop the earth’s temperature rising by 2c. Decarbonising the world’s economy is the only way to stop an increase in the earth’s temperature and achieve net zero emissions by 2050. Climate works Australia and the Australian national university are leading the journey to a decarbonised Australia by 2050, with no major

The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) is a cap and trade initiative set to regulate and reduce the emissions of greenhouse gases from power generating facilities with an electrical capacity equal or greater than 25 electrical megawatts (RGGI, 2015). The drafting of this initiative started in 2003 when Connecticut (CT), Delaware (DE), Maine (ME), Massachusetts (MA), New Hampshire (NH), New Jersey (NJ), New York (NY), Rhode Island (RI), and Vermont (VT) showed interest in reviewing greenhouse gas emissions and a cap-trade coalition to address the emission from power plants in their territory. In 2005, the above mentioned states with the exception of RI and MA signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that outlined the model rules for the program. Some of the topics outlined in RGGI Model Rule include: the responsibilities of the account representatives, permitting recommendations, monitoring requirements, compliance certification reports, control periods and others. The Model Rules were also the building blocks used to develop state-specific regulations supporting the goals and actions necessary to succeed as a member. In 2007 MA, RI and MD also signed the MOU (RGGI, 2015a; RGGI, 2015b). On January 1, 2012, RGGI lost one of its founding members after the governor of NJ; Chris Christie withdrew NJ’s support to the initiative. Throughout its participation, NJ received over $100 million in revenues directly from the RGGI markets. (Christie, 2011) The

According to scientific research, the average temperature of the earth has risen by between ten and twenty degrees Celsius (M.L. Weitzman, 2008). These high temperatures could well be described as a ‘recipe for disaster’, and could produce results that would be catastrophic on a global scale. What is more alarming however, is that there is already a lot of evidence of predicted results of climate change, for instance, in Australia especially, severe draughts have been common in farming areas in the last few decades, there has been an increase of intense and extreme weather events, for example floods, flash floods, tsunamis, earthquakes and tornados, almost all of the natural disasters listed have occurred for ‘unknown’ reasons in the past few years. Rises in sea water level and temperature due to higher acid levels caused by global warming, threaten the existence of species and in some areas, entire eco-systems resulting in the loss of natural biodiversity. ‘Climate change is pushing the world to the verge of environmental and economic collapse, whether global deniers want to believe it or not’ (N. Klein, 2011).

NGS integrates greenhouse into other major policy initiatives, such as the Natural Heritage Trust, and launches new measures to increase greenhouse emission reduction activities across the Australian community. It provides the strategic framework for an effective greenhouse response and for meeting current and future international commitments. It will provide a fresh impetus for action by governments, stakeholder groups and the broader community and set directions for that action into the next century.

Climate change has been a long debated issue which is affecting Australia’s wide variety of fauna and flora which are unique to its lands. Due to climate change, we are damaging the current status of our fauna and flora. But the question is how does climate change affect our fauna and flora? According to most climate scientist the main cause of the current climate change is due to global warming which is caused by “human expansion of the "greenhouse effect" -- warming that results when the atmosphere traps heat radiating from Earth toward space” (Global Climate Change, 2014). With this trapped heat, Australia’s average temperature will gradually increase by an extra 1.5ᵒC by 2020 (Cooper & Dorey, 2013). Although this small rise in temperature may seem negligible to most people, however, it causes a drastic change to its extreme which may lead to more droughts, fires and floods which in hand affects the flora and fauna of Australia (Cooper & Dorey, 2013).

Climate change is one of the biggest problems the whole world is collectively facing. Even though climate change is partially caused by the natural cycles of Earth, humans I think are still a major part of it and I think that we can do more to protect the environment that we live in. Climate change happens when temperatures increase dramatically. When climate change causes temperature rises many environmental problems can occur here on earth . Temperatures rising can result in more floods, droughts, or flooding rain, as well as more frequent and severe heat waves which can cause wildfires. Oceans and the Antarctic Ice Glaciers have also experienced changes in oceans that are rising temperatures and are becoming more acidic. The Antarctic ice glaciers are melting and sea levels are rising destroying many habitats along the ice glaciers such as penguins and polar bears. As these changes frequently occur in future decades, they will likely present challenges to our society and environment.