Global Warming Economic

Question: Demonstrate an understanding of the international economic, environmental, legal and social-political issues surrounding environmental management andsustainability development when it comes to climate change and global warming. Answer: Climate change and global warming: Change in climatic conditions is a long term process, which occurs due to both natural causes, like continental drift, volcanoes, the earths tilt, ocean currents and also artificial causes i.e man-made causes, like deforestation, dam-building, emission of greenhouse gases (Le Page, 2011) like carbon dioxide, methane, carbon monoxide, CFCs, and as a result global warming, melting of ice caps takes place. Thus, according to Le Page (2011), global warming may be defined as increase in the earths average temperature in its atmosphere that brings corresponding changes in the climate, which may be the effect of the greenhouse gases. Therefore, it can be stated that climate change and global warming are interrelated (Paul, 2012). Research process: Various details about the Environmental Management for Sustainable Development have been gathered from the environmental laws, rules, legal statements, journals and some books. The research process includes a few issues affecting the climate change and global warming. They are as follows: 1.International Economy The agricultural sector of the world depends on weather or climate (Paul, 2012). So global warming or climate change may affect heavily this farming sector, which is a part of business economy. Similarly, more industrialization means more waste products, more smoke emitting from the chimneys would also cause harm to the environment. So, both environment and international economy are interrelated to each other. 2.Environmental Factors Deforestation,over-grazing, over-irrigation are harming climate change as cutting trees leads to landslides as the roots of the trees can naturally prevent soil erosion, landslides. Green trees can only absorb the greenhouse gases, so these green lives can only save the living world including human beings from the global warming. 3.Legal Factors There are various laws and regulations consulted by the government for betterment of the environment that is in otherwords for human beings. Some of them are Environmental Law, Air Pollution Laws which is Part IV of the Environment Act 1995, Climate Change Act 2008, Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006, Clean Neighborhoods and Environmental Act 2005, Wildlife and Countryside (Amendment) Act 1991 and many more (Kerr, 2012). To be abiding by all these legal laws and rules may seemed to be tougher for public or business units, but these are for betterment of the environment and themselves. 4.Socio-political Factors Socio-political factors indirectly affect the global climate change. The government of the State should increase more awareness regarding the environment among the common people, then the concerned people would follow the rules and regulations and can save their environment. The benefits and challenges experienced: This research strategy played an important role as it provided the scope for gaining more knowledge regarding the environment, the causes and the effects of the global climate change, even the solutions to get rid of the global warming. But to gather these knowledge, a few hurdles had to overcome, like all the legal matters, laws, regulations are confidential matter, which was an obstacle. On the other hand, a public survey was done which was a bit difficult but interesting. Alternative means to ensure sustainable development: Controlling energy demand, more use of renewable energy sources like wind power energy, solar power energy, hydral power energy, again use of biodegradable waste products, more trees plantation are some of the alternative means to ensure sustainable development of the ecosystems and various living beings as a result of climatic change and global warming. References: Kerr, R. (2012). Experts Agree Global Warming Is Melting the World Rapidly.Science, 338(6111), pp.1138-1138. Le Page, M. (2011). Climate known: Greenhouse gases are warming the planet.New Scientist, 212(2835), p.37. Paul, B. (2012). Global Warming and Climate Change: An Observation.J Geogr Nat Disast, 02(03).