Globalisation has created a more inter-linked and independent world and
the drivers of globalisation have had 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 increased which resulted in
the rise in temperature in the world, which is known as global warming. Since
it is a main concern among people, action has 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. This increase in 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 in 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, that threatens the low-lying
countries as they have a chance of being submerged. Other likely effects of
global warming could be droughts, heavy rainfall and heat waves occuring more
often. These effects has causes much concern in the human population and solutions
have been introduced to reduce global warming caused by globalisation as quoted
from NASA article. (Global Warming, Stop Global Warming – National Geographic;
The Impact of Climate Change on Natural Disasters by NASA)
As global warming has become a serious issue, many people and the
government are working very hard to decrease the amount of greenhouse gases in
the air. The way to do this is 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 produce
little or no waste products such as carbon dioxide or other pollutants, thus
the air would be much cleaner and fresher, reducing the concentration of
greenhouse gases in the 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 less as
compared to those produced by the burning of fossil fuels. This means that
everyone have to either use less energy or build more renewable energy
facilities. To make this solution more effective, I believe that there should
be a balance between the fossil fuels and renewable resources. The amount of
energy produced by the renewable resources could be a replacement for the
energy produced by the fossil fuels. (School energy monitoring, by Brown Paper
Page)
Reforestation could be another method to reduce the amount of
greenhouse gases being emitted into the atmosphere. As trees are replanted, they
would definitely reduce the amount of carbon dioxide being released into the
air. The heat being trapped could be reduce and result in the effect of global
warming to be less harmful. 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. In addition to this method of reducing the amount of greenhouse
gases, there could be regulations on the number of trees that could be cut down
or the 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. (The Eden Projects, 2012)
In conclusion, globalisation has resulted in benefits as well as
negative impacts such as global warming. Global warming is a serious issue that
majority of the the people is concern about and actions have been taken to reduce the effects of
global warming. Using renewable resources as well as reforestation with the addition
of other methods has definitely help in reducing the greehouse effect hence,
the impact of global warming. Scientists and environmentalists have been
finding many other possible ways to reduce the effect of global warming.
Nevertheless, everyone has an important part to play so as to save the Earth
and protect our homes.
Reference:
(Reference from Global Warming, Stop Global Warming – National
Geographic)
(Reference from solarschool
webpage)
(Reference from the eden
project)
http://www.edenprojects.org/aboutus
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