Criterion D
global warming and its implication that affects life on earth.
Write about
Use the concept of carbon-footprint and explain the environmental, political,
social implications of the same.
Task - write an essay of the above in 800 words
Global warming is an issue that our community is deeply affected by, as it is referred
to as a long-term shift that takes place in temperatures and the weather pattern
constantly. Sometimes these shifts can be made naturally, but lately the fall and
winter season coming about a month away from the natural estimate is being caused
by human activities that us humans have been creating which is the main driver of
climate change in today's world.
Primarily it is caused due to the burning of fossil
fuels such as coal, gas and oil which produces
various heat-trapping gases. But in today's world
we cannot imagine living without petrol, oils, coal
and gases as everything that we humans created
is based on them.
There are various types of the causes of global
warming, some of them are solar activity, the
greenhouse effect, earth’s reflectivity and how the
earth’s temperature is regulated. All of these
causes come under either carbon pollution,
climate change or energy.
Global warming that is being caused, can result in many serious alterations to the
environment, eventually over time impacting and affecting human health which over
time is becoming an issue. Many individuals have been diagnosed with various
diseases such as dengue or even fungal diseases, caused due to the constant
weather change.
Lately there is a rise in the seal level, slowly leading to the loss of coastal land
present, a change in perception patterns present while being compared to the past,
an increase risk of droughts and floods, many environmental specialties state that if
global warming continues cities such as New York will be flooded and drowned,
maybe worse than venice. Lastly, by the end of this year many threats to biodiversity
will be caused, such as half the animals that we got to see while growing up will be
extinct before the future generations arrive.
The planet over the course of time is warming up to certain degrees beyond what
many species can handle, this is eliminating habitat for the species, reducing food
sources and also causing drought, which makes it harder for them to survive causing
them dying because of the weather temperatures being a bit too warm or too cold.
It’s affecting humans as well because, Many individuals are also dying due to not
being able to keep up with the extremely cold temperature in the winter, or the
summer time temperatures being hotter than usual.
Greenhouse gas emissions which are one of the main causes behind global
warming, causing extreme changes in the temperatures leading it to be extremely
hot or extremely cold, carbon footprints are the total amount of greenhouse gas
emissions that are caused by any organis, organisation, product or individual into the
atmosphere.
In the United states, approximately every individual produces 16 tons of carbon
footprint into the atmosphere, being one of the highest rates present globally as
globally the average carbon footprint produced by an individual is close to being
approximately 4 tons.
Environmental, political and social implication of
carbon footprints:
Environmental implications - one of the main
environmental implication for carbon footprints is that,
as we burn fossil fuels and cut down forests, high
concentrations of greenhouse gases specifically
carbon dioxide as it thetens to raise the average
surface of the temperatures of the plant to intolerable
levels to the point forest wildlife has threatening
impacts, organisms die because of constant weather
change and constancy of the temperature going high
and low. Due to climate change the environment such
as forests and the oceans also deeply get affected,
which is the main supply of food for all organisms.
Political implications -
Issues regarding the constant change in climate, which causes global warming and
then further leads to carbon gas emissions, constantly increase political violence in
the society, causing social unrest and geopolitical risks being involved. The rising
food insecurity and water stress being taken in place, over time will increasingly lead
to mass migration of individuals and families moving across the globe for those
resources, also involving other conflicts regarding accommodation of food and water
being available for all even due to the constant climate change. All countries will
soon be hit hard but unevenly as climate change is likely expected to affect each of
the countries, but likely to hit the low-income countries.
Social implications -
As the climate change has been continuing in the past and present and in the future
will continue, in the society except the wild-life many poor who cannot afford even a
normal life style life some, they face increasing challenges in terms of the extreme
events of health effects, food, water, livelihood security, loss of cultural identity and
migration as well as forced displacement effects them both mentally and physically,
the ones who have these rights take them for granted, such as a simple thing of
having heaters in winters for warmth as well as air conditioning in the hot summer
weather.
