Essays on Global Climate Change

Influence of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) 2

Economic growth of countries outside the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development 4 Bric: Brazil, Russia, India and China 5 Trade between non-OECD countries 5 Climate Change Policy 7 The greenhouse effect 7 Strengthening the greenhouse effect 8 Global climate change 8 Oil reserves in the world 10 Influence of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) OPEC long ago lost its hegemony in the world oil market but remains a major influence on prices against the formidable challenge of US oil shale. OPEC decided she decides to continue producing in abundance not to give more ground to ...

Introduction

Leadership in the business plays a critical role in offering the direction to the organization, motivation to the workers, and in fostering internal relationship and smooth production (Adrian, 2011). The management plays the dual roles of structural and systematic directives as well as leadership roles along the socio-cultural perspectives. The roles and effective responsibilities of the directorship in the organization is critical in improving the business response and crisis management. Crisis may arise in the firm because of various reasons that can be centered in the internal enterprise operations or from the external factors associated with the industry operations ( ...

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Respected Sir/Madam, One of the main directions of the United Nations activities and one of the most important issues of our time is climate change and global warming. The purpose of this letter is to highlight and focus yours and public attention to the importance of this problem and the need for immediate actions in its solution. The Governments of all countries of the world, especially the countries that are members of the United Nations should not wait for the next UN services report on Climate and must take immediate steps to prevent the irreversible effects of global climate ...

A lot has been said and written about global warming. Almost every day new hypothesizes urge, refuting the old ones. People are constantly afraid of what awaits them in the future. There is a good saying that may applied here: “We are so long and terribly afraid that it is no longer scary”. Many statements and articles are openly conflicting and thus misleading. For many, global warming became a global confusion and many decided to let go the theme of the climate change. Therefore, it is important to systematize the existing knowledge, creating some kind of a global warming ...

The Name of Class

The Name of the School The City and States where it is located 1. Analysis of findings

Research Question- Why is it a problem if the earth’s average temperature gets a little warmer?

1.1 Results The average rising temperature can have vast impacts only by slight increase. The vast impact the average temperature can have can be shown with the average temperature in the last ice age, when the average temperatures were only around 5 degrees Celsius lower than today’s average temperatures. From the Figure 1 it is seen that the global average temperature, which combines the surface and ocean temperature have been on the rise and have reached the highest levels in the ...

Definition of terms

Social change: This is the transformation of a people’s culture, way of life and social institutions over a certain period of time.

Social movement: These are groups of people who come together with the aim of championing for social change.

Collective behavior: It is the expression of a specific type of behavior by a large group of people and can best be described through mobs, crowds and riots. Global warming came out as a cautionary movement against human activities that was said to contribute to the increase of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Humanity was challenged to go green and stop any activity that seemed to endanger the climate and that social movement seems to bear ...

Climate Change

The United Nations is a unique international organization. It was founded after the Second World War by the representatives of 51 countries, who were the supporters of the course in the maintenance of peace and security throughout the world, the development of friendly relations among nations and promoting social progress, better living conditions and state of affairs in the field of human rights. Its unique character and assigned by the Charter powers allow the Organization to carry out activities on a wide range of issues, being for its 193 Member States a forum that allows them through the General ...

The issue of climate change is politically contentious. In the United States, political opinion is sharply divided between Democrats and Republicans. This sharp divide has implications for policy outcomes concerning climate change and the future of the earth. Despite political disagreements on the nature and causes of climate change, scientists do agree that human activities are contributing to the release or emission of greenhouse gases that potentially trap heat and affect the future of the earth. Some of the activities responsible for the warming of the planet are the fueling of economic growth with fossil fuels, heavy industrial and ...

The Name of Class

The Name of the School The City and States where it is located Free market economy is interlinked with the capitalism and the capitalist system. There has been much debate about the ecological crisis and one of them is also inevitable global climate changes. The paper will argue that the free market economy is incompatible with safeguarding from the ecological crisis and global climate changes because it is based on the capitalist system which ideology favors profits over environment protection and public goods. The thesis of the paper is that free market economy cannot solve global ecological crisis and ...

Introduction

Climate change is fast becoming one of the most important issues facing humanity in the near future. Many countries have begun to establish frameworks that will allow them to avoid dangerous climate change within their borders; one of these pieces of legislation is known as the Climate Change Act of 2008. This piece of legislation, passed into law in the United Kingdom in 2008, establishes a number of foundational legal minimums that the United Kingdom needs to meet before the year 2050. Essentially, this is a legal structure that forces individuals and companies in the United Kingdom to work ...

There is no controversy regarding whether there is a climate change on earth or if there is real climate change. The controversy is as a result whether the human is a fundamental cause of the climate change on the planet and to the enhanced greenhouse effect, or whether the changes in climate is attributable to the natural cycle that has existed in the several years ago. Always, there are natural tendencies that affect some places of the world more than the other regions, but loads of studies and scientists assert that the climate changes are the causes of the ...

Abstract

Adequate clean water is essential for the health of every living thing on this planet. Humans create tons of pollution, effect the weather patterns that cause droughts, and there is a history of over-use of the aquifers in the form of wells and pollution from fracking which are detrimental to the survival of all living things. Global climate change, especially since the Industrial age began, has affected the entire planet in various ways. There have been larger storms as a result of climate change. There are serious droughts because of climate change. The ice caps are melting because of ...

1. Introduction Global warming consequences have been mainly focused on the impacts they have and will in the future have on the global human population. The less focus is on the impact on the animal and plant species that are even more vulnerable, since they cannot adapt to quick changes as humans can. They are not the main culprit for the climate changes and yet they will suffer the most. One of the animal species that is being threatened by the global climate change are also polar bears that inhabit the polar region. They are playing an important role ...

The unpredictable changes in climate have a considerable impact on the health of the global population. People need to adjust to the changing weather conditions, and the inability to cope may lead to the development of weather related illnesses and even death. This paper aims to discuss the health concerns that arise due to global climate change, as well as the factors that contributed to the difference in the impact of climate change in the US, UK and China. I. Health Concerns Related to Climate Change a. Expansion of Microbial Pathogens One of the health concerns brought by climate ...

The problem of global climate change (sometimes called “the global warming”) is considered today one of the most critical and serious environmental problems of our planet. The fact of global climate change is confirmed by scientific observations and is not disputed by most scholars. Global warming will greatly affect the lives of some animals. For example, polar bears, seals and penguins will be forced to change their place of residence, as the polar ice cap will disappear (“Effects On People And The Environment | A Student's Guide To Global Climate Change | US EPA”). Many species of animals and plants will ...

ABSTRACT

The process of instructing/teaching debating the affirmative proves a technical and philosophically based endevor as presented in this scholastic document. The instruction of debating the affirmative incorporates specific concepts related to vocabulary terms connected to this field. As a function of a representative democratic society debate on policies, affecting the quality of life of humans as equal entities makes the affirmative position for policy change an important technique for change in society. Therefore, the instructional intent of teaching debating the affirmative provides in the following document aspects about what an affirmative position needs apply in structuring an argument creating a policy change case. ...

INTRODUCTION

The wider population and the government are aware that prompt action is necessary to lessen the human impact on the environment, which is the means to turn around the global climate changes as well as lessening the demands on natural resources. Much has been done concerning this issue but a lot more needs to be done in order to decrease consumption of resources and get better environmental management if we want to repeal the global climate change and spare some resources to the future generations. Humanity is running out of natural resources and the global climate change is not something ...

The main purpose of this research paper is to discuss whether there is any proof and evidence of global climate change, as the debates about this question have been conducted until nowadays. First, it should be mentioned here that any climate change is a long-lasting considerable change in any statistical form of weather pattern`s distribution for different time periods that can vary from years and decades to thousands and millions of years. For example, it can be a change in weather conditions, or distribution of them per average conditions. It`s usually caused by different factors of biotic origin like ...

1. Are there climate change and environmental pollution problems in the world?

Environmental pollution and climate change have become a pressing problem for all the nations in the world. Global environmental pollution problems are critical problems that affect the entire planet Earth. One of the most serious effects of global pollution is global climate change and calls for the cooperation of all countries. Global climate change is the sum of all pollution combined with natural changes in climate. Global problems are also problems where solutions may not be immediate and involve complex political, social, and economic components. Most people might ...

Global warming is one of the biggest and controversial issues facing the world today. Global warming refers to the change in climate which can be attributed directly or not directly to human activity which alters the composition of the global atmosphere by the earth overheating. Global warming is a problem that needs to be addressed. If global warming is not addressed, there will be an increase in higher temperatures, and with the increase in higher temperatures, the oceans will rise, and this will affect the vegetation. In addition, global warming puts wildlife at risk because if the warming continues, many ...

Terrestrial Ecosystems Dynamic

Ecological systems are dynamic by nature and constantly feel the influence of climate variability. Since the structure and functioning of forest ecosystems are controlled by climatic factors through metabolic function, it may change in the future dynamics of forest restoration, growth, progress and growth of tree mortality, as well as the relationship of rocks. It is expected that climate change will be faster than the rate at which ecosystems can adapt and repair itself. Ecosystems of the North must first of all respond to possible global warming because of climate-driven ecosystem response reveals itself most clearly. At high ...

Is global climate caused by human activities?

Currently, the question on whether human activities cause global warming has sparked debates from environmental experts. The massive growth of the population has increased growth of consumption, and this poses threats to the global climate. The rise of the earth’s temperature is mainly caused by the gases released by greenhouses, especially carbon dioxide. It is saddening to note that the climatic changes affect the physical and biological systems across the universe. Global warming can only be decreased if the carbon output released by human activities is reduced. The Journal of Climate published a paper by Jara Imbers, Chris Huntingford, ...

Philosophy

Introduction Thesis Statement: Businesses should agree on the nature of their responsibilities to the environment to ensure that they practice sustainability practices and reduce the effects of Global Climate Change. The attempt to specify the influence of the nature and force of business to the environment has faced a critical conceptual framework due to the inadequate agreement on the specific nature of environmental responsibilities expected of businesses. It is of great importance for businesses to agree on the nature of their responsibilities to the environment to ensure that they practice sustainability practices and reduce the effects of Global ...

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‘Subject’ The Gini coefficient is a measure used to detect the degree of inequality that prevails in the income or wealth distribution of a country. The method was developed by Corrado Gini, an Italian statistician. He published a paper titled “Variability and Mutability", in the year 1912, in which he proposed this measure that calculates the inequality of income distribution through a scale between zero and one. If the Gini coefficient is zero, it implies that the citizens of the particular country/region have a similar level of income. On the other hand, if it is one that means that the country has an ...

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Air pollution from Cars and its Impact on Global Warming. Global warming is the continuing rise in the average temperature of the earth’s climate. This increase in earth temperature occurs majorly in oceans but to some degree it has occurred in the global air and sea surface. According to the intergovernmental panel on climate changes 90% of the increase in the earth’s temperature is a result of human activities that produces greenhouse gases. Any activity that produce carbon dioxide and or any other greenhouse gas contribute to global warming in a scale that depends on the amount of ...

Is The Day After Tomorrow for Real?

Is The Day After Tomorrow for Real? The blockbuster Hollywood movie The Day After Tomorrow has taken interesting attention from the public – particularly the political and scientific communities. The film depicts our world having global super storms, which are caused by an abrupt climate change due to Earth’s global warming. Unimaginable drastic weather disasters were unleashed, significantly destroying major cities including Tokyo, Los Angeles, and New York in just a matter of few days. Brick-sized hails hit Tokyo; lots of triple-sized tornados ravaged Los Angeles; and an extraordinary tsunami and blizzards invaded New York. It is clear that, ...

A Call to Action

Throughout its history, the Earth has experienced drastic fluctuations in its average surface temperature, with multiple ice ages and periods of natural global warming. However, in recent years, the rate at which the global temperature has increased is unparalleled and cause for concern. The effects and predicted effects of this major and relatively rapid global warming are varied and extensive. Global warming has likely been and will continue to wreak havoc on sea levels, weather patterns, human health, buildings and communities, agriculture and other components of life on Earth as we know it, making global warming the most important ...

Global climate change is one of the biggest problems facing the world today. Between the excessive consumption of non-renewable resources that many industrialized nations are guilty of and the growing environmental problems of waste management, the environment of the planet has been changed completely. Whether or not this change is reversible is still debated by scientists; one thing that is for certain, however, is that if care is not taken by everyone on the planet, the changes that have occurred in the past few hundred years will become permanent. Reducing the carbon footprint of every individual and company on ...

Econometric investigation of climate change on forestation and its impact on international timber supply and demand (i.e. pricing) shows competitive advantage in wood-based biofuels, as well as potential positive effects on temperature and growth into the future (Chimeli et al. 2011). Although definitive arguments about the atmospheric relationship between GHG emissions, climate change and forestation are few, the potential for an ecological equilibrium relevant to an economic one is found in market relations.

Hypothesis

The general perspective that global climate change has an impact on forestation; and that this effect can be evidenced is found in scholarship within the field ...

There is one thing that most people agree on when considering the future of the human race: the ways in which the human race are currently utilizing their non-renewable resources and energy sources is highly irresponsible. Humanity has a habit of jumping into new types of technologies, often without thinking of the potential consequences for the future; however, some of the effects of the use of non-renewable resources and “dirty” energy sources were completely unknown when the technologies were developed. Today, humanity is dealing with the effects of more than a hundred years of irresponsible stewardship of the environment, and, looking ...

Introduction

Climate change is – according to many – already definitely with us, and is having and will have major effects on our environment. According to numerous articles including one by NASA entitled “Global Climate Change: Vital Signs of the Planet” (n.d.), the signs are already there in the form of melting glaciers, earlier spring breakup of river and lake ice, rising mean temperatures and sea levels and unusual weather patterns, etc. What, if any, will be the global effect on human health? Will there be increased health risks attributable to climate change? In the following paragraphs, this paper summarizes, discusses ...

Recycling is the process of reusing materials for another purpose. This can be the repurposing of materials, the production of new materials from old materials, or taking the waste products from an industry and using them for another purpose. This paper will explore the practice of recycling.

History

Evidence of recycling goes back to the time of Plato (400 BC). Archeological digs reveal the reuse of materials such as pottery, ash, and broken tools. In re-industrial times, the recycling of scrap metal and even the recycling of wool was prevalent. Ash from wood and coal fires was used in brickmaking. ...

Biodiversity and sustainability, two of the major factors to determine if an ecosystem is habitable and sufficient for any life form, may it be fauna, fawn or human kind. However, there are only a few sites left around the globe which can be considered sustainable and contains biodiversity as climate change continues to affect the planet. Some areas have become barren, while a few remained arable but in the risk of being converted into commercial lands for homes or businesses. In the United States, the problem of pollution not only affected its once diverse ecosystem, which is considered the home of ...

Global climate change is the increase in the level of temperature in the earth’s atmosphere resulting into a condition known as the greenhouse effect. In the recent years global climate change has been increasing rapidly this is due to factors that have been briefly discussed in this paper (McCaffrey, 2006). Global climate change poses a threat to the livelihood of the inhabitants of the planet earth. The increase in global climate change makes the planet earth to be more inhospitable as more organization continues polluting the environment hence causing the climate change. Global temperature can be measured using four ...

Speech

Dear Audience

The topic of my speech is Climate Changes man-made. As evident form the title, I will briefly discuss the climate changes which are the results of our various activities. I have discussed important issues related to man-made climate changes in my paper and I am here to present a brief summary of those issues.

Various researches have shown that the world climate is constantly getting warmer. These researches include climate models and simulations executed for explaining the global warming phenomena . The basic source of global warming is due to the increase in concentrations of greenhouse gases. These gases ...

Is Global Climate Change Man-Made?

The human influence on global climate change could not be denied. Several studies conducted by different scientific organizations and led by Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) show the reality of climate change and how human beings contribute to it. In fact, several studies claim “that about 97% of climate scientists actively doing research agree that climate change is happening and is human-caused” (“Climate Change Just the Facts”). Although there are other groups of people who strongly believe that global climate change is brought about by “the natural variation in the planet’s complex weather systems” (Harvey, “Scientists ...

1. The human made and natural causes of climatic change visible in the computer simulation

On the computer model, there are quite a number of human activities that have been contributing to climatic change worldwide by producing heat-trapping pollutants in the atmosphere. The first human activity is running of industries in which companies emit heat-trapping pollutants in the global atmosphere (Harris, 2007). As can be seen in the computer model, gases emitted by industries during the daily running contribute highly to the formation of the heat-trapping blanket in the atmosphere. The second source of the heat-trapping pollutant is the general ...

Introduction

In modern times, human activities caused and continue to cause massive changes to the composition of the environment. One of the most pressing concerns of both scientific and public communities is the advanced greenhouse effect brought about by the anthropogenic activities worldwide. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has reported that climate change already showed strong impacts on human societies and the natural world. This impact is expected to continue for the coming years. (IPCC, 2007) Adaptation is a necessary strategy. This is because the present and the forecasted disruption sin the climate as advanced by the continuous and ...

Global warming

Introduction

Climate change and the influence of human activities on the changes in the global climate has been a subject of contention for a long time. It is a fact that the global climate is changing, as evident by the increasing global temperatures, hurricanes, hailstones and other harsh climatic occurrences in the recent times (Gillis, 2011). Global weather figures have confirmed that 2010 was one of the most remarkable years with respect to climatology, as evident by the snowstorms and intense summer heat in Russia (Gillis, 2011). However, the subject of controversy is whether human factors are also among the causation factors ...

The global climate has been deteriorating as the years go by. The climate change has adverse effects on agriculture, ecosystems, human settlements and water resources. It affects rainfall patterns, temperature changes and rising sea levels. The principle causes of climate change are caused by emission of carbon dioxide. The gas acts as an insulator or blanket trapping the sun’s energy and causing the earth to be hot. The Copenhagen summit was held in 2009 by a several countries including USA and China who are the largest emitters of greenhouse gas. Key issues emerged in the conference. The countries produced ...