Just like me have
you also experienced extreme weathers? How you also pondered over Mauritius oil
spill and it’s impacts on aquatic flora and fauna?
Have you observed
the rising numbers of floods and cyclone across the globe? Number of
respiratory and skin problems? Summers getting hotter? Food and water shortage
and barren and drought land?
But this is what we
call results of climate change. This is clearly a result of human activities
and increasing population
People believe that
end of this corona virus spread is end of problems and a life back to normal but
is that so, NO, a bigger problem than this pandemic is climate change which
will and is evidently leading to climate disaster. Entire ecosystem is
collapsing.
What Is It All
About?
The levels of
carbon dioxide in our atmosphere has been observed over years by scientist, and
according to them there has been a spike noticed in the level CO2 that took off
during industrial level and continued since then.
Why was there such
a jump? The answer is yet simple. over the years human beings have evolved with
an increase in their materialistic needs, desires and consumptions, and so has
the society evolved from traditional to modern society. Hence, we humans are
reason of 95% of the problem that cause climate change.
We have been
burning fossil fuels like oil and coal which release CO2 to power our home,
factories, airplanes, cars etc.to add on to this, the global population has
tripled over last 70 years increasing the consumption of animals and that
release another pollute gas called methane.
So, all these gases
are released into the air and when sunlight’s gets into the Earth’s atmosphere
some of the heat gets trapped and the planet gets warmer. That’s what is Greenhouse
Effect The problem doesn’t lie in earth getting warmer but it is getting way too quickly.
This can be better explained – United nations says that right now our world is around 1 degree Celsius hotter than pre industrial times (1800), which is fine.
In fact, the
UN says if rise by 1.5 degree C before 2100 this is fine too. UN says even 2
degree is fine but again the problem is speed because right now we are about to
hit 1.5-degree C just in 10 years and if this does not slow down this means
catastrophe.
Taste of Climate
Change
Europe is currently
colder than Arctic. Sea levels are rising about 3 milli meter a year because sea
water expands as temperature gets warmer resulting in floods and cyclone. Over
millions of deaths are reported due to this.
Melting ice sheets
and glaciers also adds trillions of tones of fresh water into our oceans. People
around the world are already losing their homes and searching for new shelter
and livelihood. If things carry on, millions of us have to pack up too.
All the cities and
countries that are on coastal lines can we flooded and drown in approx. 80
years like Osaka, Chile, Miami and entire island nation in pacific can go
disappear.
Disasters are
becoming more and more frequent. Dramatic impact of droughts in different parts
of world all this is a real threat to existence of human being or life in
general on Earth.
Need to Be Address
on Urgent Basis
I wonder that why
we won’t follow things that are for own good .In simple words if a doctor by
looking at a sick person’s condition prescribe him medicine and tells him
fundamental guideline to take care .
The person will
obviously follow the same and take medicines as he knows that not doing the same will only worsen his health
and may lead to death.
There are a lot of
agreements signed by world political actors like Kyoto protocol, Paris
agreement. But these superpowers like USA are withdrawing their names from
Paris agreements and china and Russia not following the guidelines. All this
are empty promises and inaction on the part of authorities.
On the other hand,
there is positive momentum, with spreading awareness and individuals realizing their
duties towards Mother Earth. Countries like India and Morocco are even making
progress by promoting use of renewable energy.
There are people
talking and contributing for clime change as young as Greta Thunberg who are
constantly pushing the world leaders to shift their focus from economy to the
survival of human kind.
But I will blame us
as we are not doing enough .As we don’t follow those things, we expect others
to do .So I want all of you not for me ,not for mother earth but for your own
life’s sake and your upcoming generation ,ask this question to yourself that;
ARE YOU DOING
ENOUGH ?
Make an effort, try to bring the change and try to influence others to do the same. Remember that at the end every effort made by every individual maters and that is what helps us at the end.
Written by –
Shalaka Pathak
Edited by – Adrija Saha
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