The Millenium Development Goals, agreed to by every member country of the United Nations in 2000, call for the worldwide eradication of poverty and hunger, universal education, gender equality and huge improvements in health by 2015: two years ago!!
Can we do this without making the planet warmer?
Let's think big and imagine how we can confront the climate crisis in a way that is realistic about the other major problems that we face as a planet and as a species on it.
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Clean Development?
I believe that our world can be powered by green energy. This means that earth can be powered by using solar pannels, wind meals, and hydroplants. This will decrease our levels of polution and make our world greener.
Even if we could power the world with green energy there are some people that would refuse to use technology and continue to use coal and other forms of unsustainable energy
I agree with how all those things could create a more sustainable and greener world, but before we could do any of that, some places and areas have to figure out how to afford those things. Those things will make a big difference, but there a smaller things we could do, while someones figures out money, building, and installing those things.
Romeo I completely agree with you. We need to find a way to make energy in a much more cleaner, greener way.
Climate change is being affected by the way we make our energy. The old unhealthy habits of burning fossil fuels should cease and we should turn towards a new step in producing energy. A much cleaner and greener way. The irresponsible use of fossil fuels resulted in major carbon dioxide emissions making the environment more hostile. Making electricity to power things is the category that releases the most carbon dioxide which is 37% of all the carbon dioxide we emit. in the US according to EPA (US Environmental Protection Energy) . If we alternate to other ways we can reduce that percentage.This happens when we burn coal and fossil fuels.
In order to reduce the amount of carbon dioxide that is being released into the air is by resorting to renewable energy sources. Some of these options include solar energy, wind turbines, and hydraulics. These options may be more expensive, but since we will run out of fossil fuels soon we should make the change while we can. A way that everybody can take part in is to reduce the amount of electricity that we use. For example, don't use the heater and air conditioner unless it is completely necessary, take shorter showers, unplug electronic devices when they aren't necessary. If we all take part in this we can create a cleaner, healthier, safer, and greener environment. We can reduce the change in climate. Make a difference in global warming. It is never too late to join for the good cause.
Here are my sources:
"Overview of Greenhouse Gases." EPA. Environmental Protection Agency. Web. 29 Sept. 2016.
https://www.epa.gov/ghgemissions/overvi … ouse-gases
I think this is a very nice thought about developing clean energy. However, harnessing solar, wind, hydro-, and even thermal energy is not really viable economically, since burning fossil fuel is way more cost-efficient (cheaper for more energy, in other words). But on the other hand, the damage to our environment by using fossil fuel definitely cost us more than green energy.