Increased Carbon Dioxide Emission Resulting from Global Warming
There have been reported cases of atmospheric carbon dioxide, an ethical issue that causes increased global warming and climate change. As the Washington Post, dated 5th June 2023, has outlined, Human activities increase carbon dioxide in the atmosphere compared to natural processes that can eliminate it. As a result, it increases carbon dioxide concentration in the atmosphere, resulting in a global issue. Various studies, experiments, and research outlined that the worldwide average of carbon dioxide recorded in 2022 was 417.06 parts per million. In May this year, it was at 424.0 parts per million, the highest figure noted for the last 65 years. Climate change over the period poses a risk because of the temperature and precipitation patterns that affect the primary ecosystems and species in several ways. Although some species can adapt to new changes, the author depicts the effects of excess carbon on biodiversity as a threat to sustainability. On the same note increase in carbon causes an increase in temperature and precipitation, affecting the timing of seasonal events such as flowering, migration of animals, and, at large, the entire ecosystems.
The lack of ethical guidelines and strict regulations are significant reasons that have increased Human activities and their uncontrolled actions. Scientists are surprised by the progressive tracking realized over time since it affects the nature of life and that which surrounds it. Atmospheric carbon dioxide is now at 50 percent despite the pressure from global leaders to manage the issue. Unfortunately, the ethical issue continues to increase alongside the milestones of the Industrial Revolution (Amudalat, 2023). Data and statistics to map the annual rate depict the rise of carbon dioxide concentration in the atmosphere. Unfortunately, it has gradually increased for the last 60 years and has been under monitoring. Therefore, this resulted in a rise of more than 100 times faster than previous natural issues, such as the last ice age between 11,000-17,000 years ago.
In addition, the ocean absorbs adequate carbon dioxide, which lowers the pH by 0.1 units; on the other end, it causes a 30% increase in acidity. The article proves that ethical issues threaten sustainability, global diversity, and food security. Climate change deteriorates because of the poor environmental laws, statutes, and complexity of policy implementation. In this case, climate change poses a serious ethical issue to the global community, intergovernmental, and ecological dimensions affecting global stability. The risk magnitude poses a disproportionate issue to vulnerable populations because of injuries, health issues, and outbreaks of diseases that come along.
Managing Ethical Issues Resulting in the Rise of Global Warming
Despite the risk and challenges posed by the increase in carbon emissions, a measure can still be in place to manage the issue. First, all the involved stakeholders should adopt Carbon pricing. It is an approach where Carbon pricing is initiated on carbon gases released per unit of time to limit companies to reduce their carbon footprint. The best approach to use this policy is developing a carbon tax or a cap-and-trade system for control purposes (Amudalat, 2023). The international community should encourage companies and people to use Renewable energy. Renewable energy sources include and are not limited to solar, wind, and hydropower, which can replace fossil fuels with high carbon emissions.
Energy efficiency and electric systems like electric cars will help manage the overall risk. Companies with high tech store the released carbon, treat and manufacture it to make other useful products through high mechanism scientific approaches. Carbon capture and storage (CCS) processes involve trapping the carbon dioxide from the byproduct plants and, after that, subjected to vigorous treatment and recycling. United Nations should encourage global afforestation and reforestation in areas without trees. Planting new forests and restoring ruined forests can go a long way in recovering the damaged atmosphere and ecosystem. International cooperation and response approaches should be adopted. Addressing climate change will take international cooperation and coordination to decrease global warming and emissions of poisonous gases. Enhancing technology, highly mechanism software, and strict adherence to policy developed will help solve global warming caused by carbon.
References
Amudalat, A. (2023, June 5). Carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere mark a near-record surge. The Washington Post. https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2023/06/05/carbon-dioxide-growing-climate-change/
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