Globalisation has created a more
inter-linked and independent world. The drivers of globalisation have an effect
on economic, political, social, cultural and environment areas. Although
globalisation has a positive impact on the social and economic areas, it has
threatened the environment in certain aspects. Climate change is one of the
greatest problems faced due to globalisation. The amount of greenhouse gases
has increase which results in the raise in temperature in the world, which is
known as global warming. Since it was a main concern among people, actions have
been taken to reduce the effects of globalisation such as raising awareness as
well as implementation of regulations.
Since the early 20th century, the
average Earth’s surface temperature has increased by about 0.8 degree celsius[1]. This
increase in Earth’s temperature is primarily caused by the increasing
concentrations of greenhouse gases. Due to globalisation, forests are being
cleared to create lands to built factories and offices. The deforestation has
resulted in a decrease of the removal of carbon dioxide, which is a greenhouse gas that traps heat. Besides this,
human activities such as burning of fossil fuels are also causes of global
warming. The effects of global warming includes a rise in sea levels due to the
retreat of glaciers in the Artic and Anartica, which threatens the low-lying
countries as they have a chance of being submerged. Other likely effects of
global warming would be droughts, heavy rainfall and heat waves occuring more
often. These effects has causes much concern in the human population solutions
have been brought up to reduce global warming caused by globalisation.
As global warming has become a serious
issue, many people especially the government are working very hard to cut down
the amount of greenhouse gases in the air. The way to reduce the amount of
greenhouse gases is to consume rewenable resources such as wind and solar
power, biofuels and natural gas instead of fossil fuels such as petrolum. These
renewable resources produces little or no waste products such as canbon dioxide
or other pollutants, thus the air would be much cleaner and fresher, bringing
down the concentration of greenhouse gases in air. Furthermore, renewable energy facilities would
require less maintenance than the traditional generators. However, the amount
of energy that these renewable resources are able to generate is much lesser
compared to those produced by the burning of fossil fuels. This means that we
have to either use lesser energy or build more renewable energy facilities. To
make this solution more effective, I believe that there should be a balance
usage between the fossil fuels and renewable resources. The amount of energy
produced is enough to sustain the usage in a country and the air could be
cleaner.
Reforestation could be another method to
reduce the amount of greenhouse gases being emitted into the atmosphere. As
trees are replanted, it would definitely reduce the amount of carbon dioxide
being released into the air. The heat being trapped would be lesser and reduce
the effect of global warming. On the other hand, there have been concerns
because the rate of deforestation is much faster than the rate of
reforestation. Therefore, the removal of carbon dioxide is slower than the
production of carbon dioxide. An addition to this method of reducing the amount
of greenhouse gases, there could be regulations in the number of trees that
could be cut off or amount of greenhouse gases each company could produce. With
the implementation of such restrictions, it would force companies to be more
aware of the amount of pollutants they produce. As a result, the greenhouse
effect is not as severe thus reduced global warming.
In conclusion, globalisation has brought
about benefits as well as negative impacts such as global warming. Global
warming is a serious issue that everyone is concern about and there are actions
taken to reduce the effects of global warming. Using renewable resources as
well as reforestation with addition of other methods has definitely help in
reducing the greehouse effect hence, the impact of global warming.
Nevertheless, we should always find other alternatives in solving the issue of
global warming.
Reference:
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