The last few years saw many natural disasters and most are still afresh in our memories. One very good example to site is Haiti crisis. Did you know, the last few years have been registered as the most warm years? Ice Age, though an animated movie actually addresses a real problem! Ice from the poles, Arctic and Antarctic regions is melting at an alarming pace – 9% per year! There’s a hole in the Ozone layer that’s contributing to increase in temperatures considerably. Why all these adverse issues? The only reason for this drastic climate change is our lifestyle, which is against nature.
Earth has it’s own powerful rejuvenation and cleansing mechanisms. Human beings inhale oxygen and exhale carbon-dioxide, while plants vice-versa. So this automatically prevents excess carbon accumulation in the atmosphere. Now, with rising population, industries and modernization, plants and tress are disappearing. This means, more carbon-dioxide will be accumulated.
Gone are the days where men traveled by foot or vehicles operated manually. The current generation uses highly sophisticated vehicles and they contribute more to air pollution. The vehicles use fuel and releases carbon-monoxide in the atmosphere. It’s deadlier than carbon-dioxide and further worsens the already troubled ozone layer.
Today, our houses are lit with electricity and we use many gadgets to automate most work. All these will need electricity, which means more fossil fuel is used. Not only that, electricity consumption means – you throw out more carbon. Thus, the list is endless with contributions we make for destructing our environment.
In due course, pollution and environment degradation has taken a serious toll and not grown to the heights of threatening life in the near future. Understanding the seriousness of the issue, world countries met and came-up with a viable solution to tackle the issue. This project is called Millennium Project.
The problem with arresting the climate change and sustaining the same, is economically challenging. Most alternative options suggested, will involve more spending. This is a problem, cause one-sixth of the world’s population is poor. Though they suffer the most, they can’t really make changes not did they contribute to worsening it! The problem is attribute to industrialization, deforestation and modernization, while the poor don’t really have a role to play here!
However, irrespective of who or what contributes to the problem – it’s a global issue and should be handled by the world as a whole. Did you know, few changes can make a huge difference and yet can be simple? Not many really know that switching to Eco-friendly bulbs can help the environment and also help them due to reduced power requirement.
According to the Millennium Project, by 2015 poverty should be reversed to tackle the issues the globe is confronted with. As part of the project, developed countries are to donate for poorer countries towards equipping them to face the issues and handle them effectively. Thus measure are taken to educate them and improve the infrastructure and thus indirectly solve most issues.
Though scientists agree the fact that, our lifestyle and modernization has contributed to climatic change, it’s still a challenge to completely reverse the effects. The only possibility to take concrete measures now, to not only reduce the risks involved, but also to ensure the future generations are not put into more risk. It’s estimated that by 2030, the effects will be more if solid measure to curb carbon emissions are not taken.
It’s the duty of every individual to do their bit to the environment and sustain it for the future generations. We should take care not to make it impossible for our kids to make their ends meet! Understanding the cause of climate changes, global warming and the measure to be taken is the first step. Stay informed, take the right decisions and save the environment.