Humans have been using nature for their benefit since the beginning of time. This has resulted in both of them being massive carbon dioxide content of the air and other toxic chemicals in the soil and water, as well as the daily use of fossil fuels leading to their full depletion. The constant extraction of natural resources, along with the failure to take concrete measures to improve the situation, has resulted in the build up of toxic gases in the atmosphere. One of the most hotly debated subjects around the world is Climate Change, which is endangering our way of life on Earth. Climate change is described as a negative change in the climate and its effects on Earth’s living organisms. Climate change and global warming are to blame for the warming of the Earth’s climate over the past two million years. The changes we have brought about in the atmosphere are irreversible. All we can do is work to make the world a safer place to live. Since it is estimated that the Earth’s temperature will increase day by day in the coming days, resulting in the loss of humanity, and this is due to the rising amount of greenhouse gases being emitted into the atmosphere. Forest fires, heavy rainfall, and ice melting are just a few of the horrifying temperature changes caused by global warming. To live a peaceful and happy life, we must avoid global warming. Afforestation should be practiced, and current natural supplies should be eliminated as soon as possible.
The idea of a cleaner and healthier environment remains easier said than done. The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) was established by world leaders as the first international treaty to reduce human climate interference. The UNFCCC is still in place today, with two latest contributions: the Kyoto Protocol (1997) and the Paris Climate Agreement (2015). These two treaties were drafted by UN member countries to keep governments responsible for their UNFCCC commitments. In effect, the Paris Climate Agreement has replaced the Kyoto Protocol with a more widely supported, but not legally binding, climate agreement. The Paris Climate Agreement which is introduced in 2015, began the United Nations’ “effort to combat global climate change.” The Paris Climate Agreement is an international agreement in which countries are asked to develop customized policies to combat and respond to climate change. According to the Agreement, all participating countries should, but are not legally obligated, to limit their greenhouse gas emissions as far as possible. The signatories’ aim is to keep our average global temperature less than 1.5 degrees Celsius higher than it was in 1990. To obtain this, each country in the Agreement developed a Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC), a targeted strategy for reducing pollution, responding to climate change, and assisting developing countries. These plans, like the rest of the Agreement, are not legally binding. Instead, they reflect each country’s optimal climate change plan. Aside from NCDs, the Paris Agreement stresses various obligations for developed and developing countries. The treaty specifically says that developed countries should take the lead in climate change mitigation. Meanwhile, developing countries should prioritize infrastructure development and addressing the urgent needs of their people, while taking climate into account wherever possible. Experts believe that the Industrial Revolution was the turning point when greenhouse gas pollution into the atmosphere started to soar. The Industrial Revolution arose from a series of smaller revolutions: agricultural, technical, demographic, transportation, and financial, each of which created a new system of production and consumption. From then on, the world entered what the science community has called the Anthropocene epoch, a new geological age marked by human influence on Earth due to population increase, exploding resource consumption, rising oil demand and supply, mostly from fossil fuels.
The bottomline is the agreement intends to mitigate and adapt towards climate change. It has a highly crucial purpose: it asks governments to combat climate change as much as possible while still putting steps in place to respond to it. Global warming endangers our food and water sources, as well as our lives, livelihoods, homes, biodiversity, natural wonders, habitats, and other assets. More people will struggle and more lives will be lost if we neglect this problem.
Climate change and global warming are two serious challenges that must be addressed in order for the Earth to regenerate. If all nations follow current policies and pledges, we will be fortunate enough to keep global warming below 3 degrees Celsius. Our future is now, our life depends on what actions we are going to take today. We should not jeopardize and compromise what our nature and ecosystem has to offer that keeps us living. The Paris Agreement plays a vital role in taking care of our environment, but in our own little ways we can also make differences to help in fighting these major challenges, to sustain and prolong the earth’s ecosystem.
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