Global warming (Essay Sample)

Global Warming
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Global Warming
Global warming is the cause of climate changes in the world. The world wide debate over how to curb global warming has been revolving around limiting the levels of carbon dioxide that are emitted into the atmosphere (Silby, 2007). According to Gore (2006), human activities are responsible for the increasing rates of carbon dioxide emission into the atmosphere. These activities include burning of forest and use of machines that emit very high levels of carbon dioxide.
For these reasons, actions that would aid in reducing the levels of carbon dioxide produced and increasing the number of forests and vegetation ought to be taken. This means that regulations and educating people on the importance of these two aspects is necessary.
Solutions involving reduction of dangerous gas emissions
Machines are among the major non-natural contributors of carbon dioxide. Examples of these machines include motor vehicles and industrial machines. Most of these machines emit carbon dioxide that exceeds the amount required by plants. This creates excess carbon dioxide that ends up causing the greenhouse effect. The greenhouse effect is a result of gases forming a layer on the earth’s atmosphere. This layer reflects the heat from the sun back into space and releasing infrared radiation into the atmosphere. Gradually, these radiations will cause more heat on the earth’s surface making it much warmer than before. This is what is referred to as global warming.
A majority of people on the earth use cars that emit a lot of gases into the atmosphere. People should be encouraged to use vehicles that are environmentally friendly – that have reduced levels of carbon dioxide emitted.
One good way of reducing this would be offering tax incentive to people who use these cars. This will make the costs of buying and maintain them much easier. This will make driving smaller or environmentally friendly cars more beneficial to most people. This will encourage many to choose them over the ones that emit a lot of gases (Silby, 2007).
Industrial machines also emit a lot of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. If these levels were reduced, the rate of greenhouse effect would be reduced as well. Legislations should be formulated in order to regulate the levels of gases that are produced and emitted into the atmosphere by different companies. Research should be intensified to come out with alternative ways in which waste gases are disposed off into the atmosphere. These should be safer way which would not cause any environmental degradation.
The Kyoto Protocol was one step that the United Nations had taken towards changing the climate for the better. In the agreement, member parties agreed to set international standards that would aid in the reduction of gas emission into the atmosphere. The agreement had a principle of common but differentiated responsibilities where developed countries would have a bigger burden. This is because of their increased level of gas emissions compared to the developing countries. The United States was the biggest critique of this agreement with the senate voting overwhelmingly against it. The argument that president Bust put forward for this was that it would pose a major economic burden to the country (Hulme, 2009).
Although it is very expensive to implement, the benefits would be beneficial future generations. Implementing the Kyoto protocol could lead to a reduction in the social costs of carbon. The social costs of carbon can be analyzed in terms of the magnitudes of net market costs changes caused by climate changes. Different sectors have different magnitudes that are measured differently. Also, some are easier to monetarily measure than others. For example, it would be easier to measure effects on infrastructure than on tourism.
Another way of measuring the social cost of carbon is using the aspects of life that depend on climate. Examples of these are the breeding territories of different animals and the quality of life of the people. Although difficult to determine the monetary worth of the quality of life, it is definitely much more than the amount that could be used to reduce gas emission.
The last way of measuring the social cost of life is the ethical consideration. When global warming increases life will be very tough for generations to come. For this reason, it would be very important to spend the appropriate amounts in order to save the environment for them (Hulme, 2009).
Solutions involving protection of nature
People should be encouraged to take measures that will lead to protecting their nature since it creates a good balance ...