The Problems With National Climate Policies
Wednesday, December 12th, 2007 by Global Warmer Subscribe To Our Feed
Evidence is growing that the world’s overall temperature is rising and these changes are hurting our environment. Although different natural events could cause a change in the atmosphere, such as a volcanic eruption, the steady increases over the last 50 years in greenhouse gases point mainly to humans as the cause. To change this trend will require the efforts of communities worldwide.
As an example of a single nation setting policies we can look at the United States of America. In recent times the U.S. has committed to reducing its greenhouse gas output. Their stated goal is to reduce these gases by about 20 percent during the 10 year period starting in 2002. This should stop approximately five hundred million metric tons of carbon emissions from going into the atmosphere.
That government intends to do this by:
- By technological improvements to reduce these emissions when created.
- With investigating ways that industry can move to the use of cleaner fuels.
- By working on how energy can be harnessed more efficiently.
Other nations are reaching for and implementing like-minded goals. But enforcing these environmental policies becomes more problematic with increased population growth and the need for expansion.
And when many nations around the world are becoming more aware of the need to limit greenhouse gases, the wide economic or population disparity makes it a problematic issue.
The Kyoto Accord was one specific effort in this regard. A little under 200 nations are working within this agreement that describes a standard. It uses a system of credits that allows for the problems some countries may have in reaching these goals. A country that is able to afford to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions may sell its credits to one that isn’t, with the ultimate goal to reduce the total emissions, for the benefit of our atmosphere and ourselves.
This seems a workable solution but another hurdle arises when major countries, such as Australia and the U.S., while going along in theory with this accord have declined to ratify it. This is partly because of what they feel are unreasonable advantages given to some nations, and partly because they feel some of the restrictions would cause too much strain on the industries. However, others countries who have ratified the protocol could feel at a disadvantage trade wise due to the costs associated with emission controls.
These and other issues that are just a few of the problems man encounters in organizing the international community to reduce Global Warming.
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