Blog Action Day – Climate Change
October 15, 2009
So today is Blog Action Day, and the topic chosen for this year is what’s everyone on the world talking about now, which is Climate Change.
Since the Seventies of the last century, we have learned by full scientific proof that our actions are harming the planet and that was through discovering the ongoing decay of the Ozone layer caused by chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) used in several industries, and knowing about all the catastrophic effects on the well being of all living creatures on the planet from the lethal radiations escaping into the atmosphere through the ‘hole’.We also have come to know that greenhouse gases (primarily carbon dioxide) are intoxicating the Earth and increasing its temperature constantly – the Global Warming as it was dubbed later or as it’s most recently called ‘Climate Change’.
So why is it only now that everyone speaks about it? There has been 2 Earth Summits in 1992 and 2002 to discuss this issue, but there was never this global awareness except in the past 3 or 4 years. I guess it’s because there has been studies that showed that the rate with which we pollute our environment will cause melting the ice in the Poles and submerging enormous amounts of lands, this is bound to happen in 10 to 20 years.
That’s why worldwide efforts are required to halt the progression of this process. We are obliged to decrease the amount of carbon dioxide we produce or we will sink in the Ocean real soon.
See this pie chart for the various activities that produce CO2.
I’ve always believed in the importance of personal attitudes and how collectively it affects the environment. While I still believe in that, looking into this chart and its more recent versions, I have learned that changes at the level of legislation is required to reverse this pattern since waste coming from things like Industrial waste, Agricultural processes or fuel retrieval are entirely out of a regular citizen’s control. That’s why each and everyone should (besides leading an eco-friendly lifestyle) think of the possible way to let your government know you want to amend its actions to save the planet, and if in the next voting chose the candidate that has an agenda that cares for the planet.
There’s a list of proposed action suggested on the Blog Action Day website.
