Essays on Kyoto Protocol

Executive Summary

Fossil fuels are the predominant source of energy for industrial and transportation consumption. It is however expected that in a few more decades, fossil fuels will have lesser role to play than non-conventional oil and gas sources and renewable energy sources. This paper presents an overview of some of the socioeconomic factors that are driving the global oil industry and their implications for the UK industry. Four key influences are studied to understand the implications for the industry in terms of economic and environmental factors. The steady influence of OPEC is a significant factor in the pricing of crude ...

Increasing temperatures, rising sea levels, erratic rainfall, deadly tsunamis, flooding, wildfires, heat waves, shrinking glaciers, and droughts are some visible highlights of a much debated global problem, i.e., the global warming. The problem is so severe that scientists, environmentalists, geographers, government officials, and various national and international tribunals huddle together time-to-time to embark on a sustainable solution to this issue. Nonetheless, the predicament persists putting everything (human beings, animals, birds, societies, environmental resources) in the soup. This paper discusses the impacts of global warming and the efficacy of solutions that are being implemented at national and global levels. Taking ...

In today’s world, climate change is one of the most critical and daunting issues that humanity is faced with. It has emerged, both as a major scientific and a global public policy issue. There is broad consensus among the scientists of the world that accumulated carbon dioxide, which is a greenhouse gas and is released as a result of burning of carbon that is stored in fossil fuels, is causing a rise in the average surface temperatures around the world. Other greenhouse gases such as water vapor, chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), nitrous oxide and methane, which are emitted ...

Could Free Trade Agreements be a effective instrument to regulate climate change mitigation measure in the context of missing a comprehensive multilateral instrument?

The recent century is featured with the expansion of the international trade in the global scale. The development of the trade legislation and increase of the volumes of import and export relations between the countries gives rise to the question as to whether globalization of international trade affects the spread of the climate changes. In this regard, the majority of the experts in trade sphere consider the role of the World Trade Organization in the mitigation ...

People have recognized that the modern technological advances that we experience up until now have come with grave implications on environmental issues. Policy makers, debates, and public deliberations on environmental issues are now geared to solving these problems. However, the awareness from the public is not entirely borne out of first hand experiences. After all, we are all not scientists here. The mass media is, in part, responsible for steering public attention towards the myriad environmental issues. Mass media, from its print era to the digital age era of internet and smartphones have always been responsible in both creating ...

Introduction

Climate change is an issue that has been the talk of people and specialists around the globe for many years now. Debates are being held so as to critic and know the real cause of it and ways on how to stop it if not totally eradicated in nature. Climate change us defined to be the rise of the Earth’s temperature. Researches have shown that there is a trend of the warming of the earth as time progresses; hence it is also known as global warming. The warming or the world is greatly associated with the human activities ...

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 ...

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 ...

For the past few decades, there has been an increase in natural calamities that have been as a result of human activities. An increase in the overall atmospheric temperatures, rising sea levels, melting glaciers, mass extinction of entire species, flash floods and fluctuating weather patterns have become a common occurrence. Scientists raised alarm over this issue and slowly global warming has become a stark reality and imminent threat to the survival of humanity in years to come (Oreskes, 2004). With this in mind, there have been several global meetings aimed at charting the way forward and coming up with ...

The purpose of this essay is to discuss, the pros and cons of the non-renewable energy sources usage; coal and natural gas to be more specific. How does it affect the society and the economy? What are the alternatives? What are the strategies to implement such transition? The most significant reason behind the non-renewable energy sources is its low cost. Coal is relatively cheap to other energy sources and it produces a large amount of relative energy. Moreover, it is easy to combust; therefore its processing procedures are not as complicated as other sources of energy. Natural Gas maybe ...

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 ...

Abu Dhabi and most of the United Arab of Emirates (UAE) are situated in the near coastal areas in the Middle Eastern region. Many infrastractures are strategically built within the area and most of the economy of the country are based on the different activities of the establishments built there (Dougherty 14). Unfortunately, the coastal areas are one of the most affected regions in the current phenomenon of climate change. This is because climate change brought about several adverse effects in the coastal regions, particularly in the rise of sea water level and temperature, as well as the constantly ...

Introduction

Geothermal energy refers to natural heat stored underground beneath the earth’s crust. On the ground surface the energy is evident in form of hot and altered ground, hot springs and fumaroles. The energy is tapped by sinking geothermal wells underground. The high temperature and pressure fluid is extracted and through carefully built wells and designed network of pipes and channels the hot steam to the plant turbine to generate electricity. The steam and water are extracted at very high pressure and temperature. The application of geothermal energy has gained popularity globally because of its environmental friendliness. There are ...