Global warming and sustainibility

Global warming is a major environmental and social issue all over the world. The global temperature is projected to rise between 2 and 6-degree Celsius due to the emissions of greenhouse gases and carbon dioxide. The adverse effects of increasing the level of atmospheric carbon dioxide day by day will cause significant problems to the human communities. Some of the most of the visible impact will be the rise in sea level, the occurrence of flood and drought, ozone layer damage, changing weather pattern, and extreme events will lead to increasing pressure from environmental refugees. We can not blame any single entity for this as each one of us is responsible for the increasing threat of global warming.

To reduce the effects of global warming and other intergenerational environmental issues, we must confront these problems with a sense that our future generations can enjoy an environment as good as we have enjoyed. The modern term for such environmental care is described as ‘Sustainability.'

The current economic activities and emissions of greenhouse gases are degrading the future quality of the climatic resource. One of the widely suggested strategy to reduce the effect of global warming is carbon tax; it means any economic activity that causes the emission of carbon and other greenhouse gases to the atmosphere would be taxed based on the quantity of gas produced. Other strategies towards sustainability include using cleaning energy, reducing deforestation, stronger effort towards effective climate policies, and sustainable transport, etc.

References:

1. John Houghton, Global Warming, Climate Change and Sustainability, The John Ray Initiative Connecting environment, science and Christianity Briefing Paper 14, fourth edition 2011

2. Richard T. Woodward and Richard C. Bishop, Efficiency, sustainability and global warming, Ecological Economic, 1995

3. Picture: https://www.churchmilitant.com/news/article/global-warming-unmasked