Hi readers!
Ivar Giaever: a Norwegian American physicist who shared1973 Nobel Prize in physics with Esaki says,
“Global warming has become a new religion. We frequently hear about the number of scientists who support it but, the number is not important instead, whether they are correct is important. We don’t really know what the actual effect on the global temperature is? There are better ways to spend the money. He Says “.
I am quoting these words thinking that you must also have been hearing the two words from every “Tom, Dick and Harry” in our so-called Government especially those in the Ministry of Environment. Trust me, they don’t mean it because they don’t know the meanings and the consequences of any of the two as their education doesn’t allow them.
Most of the people use the terms “global warming and climate change” interchangeably, without realizing that global warming is one of the aspects of climate change and refers to the rise in earth average temperature due largely to the greenhouse gases (GHG) like carbon dioxide in the atmosphere which trap heat that leads to a warmer planet (I have already blogged on this).
Global warming, happens mostly in the troposphere: the lowest level of atmosphere, which extends from Earth’s surface up to a height of 6–11 miles and contains most of Earth’s clouds and is the place where living things, their homes and weather primarily occur.
Global warming is a social problem because its continuous rise can impact everything including energy use, water availability, and crop productivity throughout the world especially in the poor and under developing countries having limited abilities and capabilities to mitigate these changes. Consequently the communities there will are being suffering disproportionately due to the incidences of severe and extreme weather and heavy flooding: a phenomena that threaten homes, dams, transportation networks, and other facets of human infrastructure like we are currently witnessing.
Climate change on the other hand is a comprehensive term that includes global warming and other long-term shifts in climate pattern such as changes in precipitation (rainfall, snowfall), wind patterns, and the frequency and intensity of extreme weather events like droughts, heat waves, and storms.
There is a very strong nexus between global warming and climate change as the former is a major driver of the latter. When planet warms up due to GHG, it interrupts various climate systems leading to changes associated with climate change including melting glaciers and ice sheets, rising sea levels, and changes in ocean currents and contributes to broader picture of climate change.
Solomon Hsiang and Marshall Burke: the two professors at Stanford measured the influences of climate change on human health and economic systems using the best available science and found that climate change will endanger the health and livelihood of most Americans alive today. The U.S. government came to a similar conclusion in 2009, when the Federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a so-called endangerment finding.
The finding established that carbon dioxide and others that cause climate change are harmful pollutants thereby allowing EPA to regulate though the Clean Air: the emissions of these gases from cars, trucks, power plants and other sources, only to acknowledge that a hazard exists so that the government can protect Americans from it.
The proposed solution was use of green and sustainable technologies comprising Renewable energy, Energy efficiency, Waste management, Carbon capture and storage, Green buildings, Sustainable agriculture, Water conservation and Biomimicry (Drawing inspiration from natural systems such as mimicking plant structures for improved building design) which covers a wide array of innovations designed to minimize environmental impact on humans and planet as the focus of these technologies are on reducing pollution, conserving resources, and transitioning to renewable energy systems to solar and wind power, energy-efficient appliances, waste management solutions, and carbon capture technologies: all directed towards reducing the demand for natural resources and decreasing waste and pollutant emissions.
Solar and wind energies are prime examples that reduces the dependence on fossil fuels significantly while in construction, transportation, and agriculture sectors, the sustainable technologies has the potential to mitigate climate change by lowering global CO₂ emissions through a combination of energy efficiency, innovation, and responsible practices.
Sustainable technologies contributes to protecting ecosystems, preserving biodiversity, and combating climate change and pollution and are therefore an indispensable component of modern corporate strategy as it will help companies achieve their sustainability goals as well as providing them significant cost reductions, enhancing their public image, and access to new markets. It is up to the leadership of these companies to adopt these technological innovation to contribute to more responsible development, hence adopting sustainable technologies is necessary to ensure environmentally respectful economic growth. will you adopt dear readers is a million dollar question?
See you again with another interesting blog when I found such topic. Till then, take care, Bye,
