Question

Slowing Down Global Warming Reputable scientific studies continue to show that the Earth is warming at an unsustainable rate because of a rise in the release of CO2 and methane gases. Reflect on your daily life. How may the rise of these gases influence how you live your life? What steps can you take to cut down the amount of these gases released into the atmosphere?

Answer 1

Global temperature or global warming rising due to excessive emission of CO2 into atmosphere. Massive and unbridled industrial activities are responsible for emission of carbon. If it continues at current speed, there would be undesirable outcomes for whole planet. It influences our lives in following ways:

• Excessive emission of gases have made environment polluted and myriads diseases and ailments are affecting people.
• Glaciers are melting and water level of oceans rising, such phenomena is making lives of people vulnerable who are living close to coastal areas.
• Excessive gases emissions have led to extreme weather conditions such as excessive rains or excessive dry seasons.

Above points highlight that global warming is making our lives more vulnerable and future is likely to become more crisis ridden.

Following actions can be taken address the problem of global warming:

• Government can impose taxes or pigou taxes on activities that responsible for emission of carbon.
• Government can also offer subsidies for firms to switch to clean energies.
• There must be easy transfer of clean and sophisticated technologies from developed to developing countries.

Millennium development goal (sustainable) 2015 -30- is doing great job in guiding whole planet towards the safer and sustainable world.