Term Paper

Jamaica H. Ballera

Delia Blaza

Mae Anne Dumrique

Samantha Lovely Joy Castillo

Erick John Rabang

 Acceleration of Climate Change

Introduction

Climate Change affects us but those who are vulnerable will be hit the worst.

Climate change is one of the worst issues in the world. Human activities like

industrial production and use of fossil fuels that release huge amounts of greenhouse

gases into the atmosphere is a caused of global warming.

Climate change is the changes of weather patterns that are caused either internal or

external forces like solar radiation, volcanic activity or by human activities.

Climate change is a fortuitous event that could not be foreseen, or which, through

foreseen, are inevitable. Climate change is the number one problem nowadays, because

there are some effects of climate change that can destroy our daily lives.

Do you like warm weather? Do you wish it could be warmer still? Be careful what you

wish for. The Earth may be moving in that direction. The trend is called global warming.

Not all scientists agree that global warming is happening. Some say it is impossible

to know if the climate is changing overall. After all, temperatures vary from day to day and

year to year. Most scientists, however, say the trend is up. The warmest days are warmer,

the coldest days not as cold. They point out that the ten warmest years of the last century
happened after 1980. The three hottest come after 1990. The hottest year on record was

1998.

These scientists say the Earth has warmed up about 1° Fahrenheit (0.6° Celsius) in

the last 100 years. The rate of change, they say, is speeding up. A hundred years from now,

the Earth may well be as much as ten degrees hotter.

According to some experts they state that our ozone layer is becoming thin because

of the global warming. When our ozone layer become thin then the ray or the energy of the

sun gives us some disease like when you just stay under the sun within a minute you can get

sunburn. Before when our ozone layer is thick they can stay under the sun in an hour or

they can do whatever they want under the sun like sunbathing, playing under the sun and

some other activities.

People are changing the atmosphere. The changes started hundreds of years ago

when people begun cutting down forests and burning the wood. The invention of cars and

other machines greatly increased the amount of greenhouse gases released into the

atmosphere. Such machines burn fuels like wood, coal, oil, and natural gas. When this fuels

burn, they add carbon dioxide to the atmosphere. Methane comes from producing coal.

Burning plastics and our garbage’s can destroy our ozone layer.
 Climate change and global warming can be dangerous because people would have

less land on which to live and grow foods. In the Antarctica, the ice and the pole will melt

the level of the ocean and sea would raise and some flat coastal lands will be affected.

When the climate changes some animals would not be able to adapt like the polar bears

when the temperature become hotter and hotter the polar bears can be affected like they

will simply die out. Others may spread to cooler climates. There, however, they will be

struggling with species already in place.

The currently top emitter country of GHGs is United States, because it is also the

biggest processor accounting for more than 25% of total gases released in the

atmosphere.

A Kyoto Protocol is an international treaty signed by 184 countries which aims to

reduce global levels of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases. The main aim of

committing rich countries to actually reduce their GHG emissions by re-organizing its

economy, stopping overconsumption and investment of clean technologies that are

social-driven rather than profit-driven has been lost. And with it is the hope of reversing

climate change for future generations. The major feature of the protocol is that it sets

blinding targets for 37 industrialized countries to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions

by an average of 5% every year against 1990 levels for a five year period 2008-2012.
Most of the GHG emissions of rich counties are caused by its automotive industries and

petroleum and other energy sectors that form the core of their economic might. To help

rich countries achieve their targets without hurting their economic backbones. The

protocol offers three market-based mechanisms. First, emissions trading or the carbon

market this means that countries may buy and sell GHG emissions “units” and “credits”.

Second, clean and development mechanisms is the protocol provides a system of

financing emission-reducing/avoiding projects in poor countries. Lastly, joint

implementation, protocol allows rich countries to meet part of their targets in GHG

emissions by paying for projects that reduce emissions in other rich countries.

Our lives are on the line when our environment is in danger. Extreme weather

occurrence, heat waves, tsunamis, cyclones had been linked to climate change.

Recommendation

Ordinary citizens meanwhile can help by personally reducing

their own carbon emissions such as using energy-efficient appliances and by taking part

in initiatives that directly pressure their governments and corporations to commit to

actual reduction of their emissions. The use of alternatives fuels with low or zero CO2

emissions must be encouraged and made accessible. But privatization of these alternative

fuels would make these unaffordable. Government subsidy of these alternative energy
resources to make them accessible to the poor should be considered. And fuel products

must be secondary to food production and security.

Burning less wood, coal, oil, and natural gas will help stop global warming.

Scientists recommend that people get more energy from sunlight, wind, tides, nuclear

energy, and other sources that don’t burn fuel. Energy sources like these put little or no

greenhouse gases into the air. According to the scientist planting trees would prevent

global warming. When we plant trees we are able to save our mother earth and we are

maintaining the freshness of the air. Planting trees would lessen the carbon dioxide in our

surroundings. Cleaning and proper segregation would help our mother to prevent climate

change.

Therefore, we should prevent global warming and climate change in order to

maintain our mother earth’s beauty. Being the steward of this land we should do our

responsibilities of being diligent, resourcefulness and taking care of the creation of our

Almighty Father.
Water Supply

Clean and safe water necessary to human. Climate change affects the resources of water.

Livestock

Climate change is a global phenomenon and its negative impact experienced by poor

people who rely from their livestock. In pastoral, livestock is their survival and it fulfils

their multiple needs and wants. Losing livestock could greatly lead into extreme poverty

and the demand of food and products are rising. For example, rainfall pattern is changing

which can affect the health of livestock and it can also cause disease such as macro

parasites and vector-borne diseases.

Human Health

As the climate continues to change, the risks to human health continue to grow. Climate

change threatens the life and health of humans. This greatly affects our health by

affecting our food and sources of water, weather we encounter and the air that we

breathe.