HOW TO REDUCE GLOBAL WARMING

INTRODUCTION:

Global warming is the increase of average world temperatures as a result of what is known as the
greenhouse effect. Certain gases in the atmosphere act like glass in a greenhouse, allowing sunlight
through to heat the earth's surface but trapping the heat as it radiates back into space. As the
greenhouse gases build up in the atmosphere the Earth gets hotter. This process is leading to a rapid
change in climate, also known as climate change.
 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY:

Although climate change is still hotly debated, virtually all sectors of society now recognize the reality
of global temperature change and its adverse effects on the planet and human society, especially as
extreme weather becomes more common. Use the following sources to learn more about global
warming and the political, legal, and social issues surrounding it.
 2 RELATED LITERATURE AND STUDIES:

Nature can create greenhouse gases but humans also have increasingly created them by throwing off
the balance of the heat in the troposphere. Natural greenhouse gases include: carbon dioxide emitted
from plants, water vapour and methane gas. Absolutely human-made greenhouse gases include:
carbon dioxide from power plants and airplanes, car emissions and gas from aerosols. Since natural
and human- made gases both have greenhouse properties therefore it cannot be protected that solely
human activity causes global warming. Though, evidence indicates that the presence of these gases in
the earth’s atmosphere has increased dramatically from the time of the Industrial Revolution.
Consequently, it is important to do what we can to prevent increased global warming.

Global Warming is the rise in the temperature of the earth’s lowest atmosphere is called the
troposphere. It is most commonly attributed to higher levels of greenhouse gases. Greenhouse gases
are chemical compounds which absorb the sun’s infrared radiation reflected back off the earth’s
surface and trap it in the atmosphere. With higher levels of greenhouse gases, more of the sun’s heat
stays close to the earth’s surface which causes global warming. Global warming is of concern to
everyone. Its consequences to future generations demand an urgent change of attitude from the
people. Politicians and business people are not the only ones responsible for this serious situation but
we all are also responsible for it. Since the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment in
Stockholm1972 and the world's first intergovernmental conference on environmental education in
Tbilisi,1977, there has been a growing world movement concerned with environmental issues.

In Rio Grande do Sul, it had been noticed that environmental education is proving to be an effective

way to promote large public discussion and to allow internationally evaluated concepts be
broadened. It generates a clear conscience, social and environmental

independence by giving human beings the opportunity to gain knowledge, values and attitudes that
allows them to change their behaviour patterns in order to protect and improve their environment’
(Dios 2001).
 RECOMMENDATION:

Many of the processes described in the previous sections are concerned with enhancing the quality of
dialogue about forest issues where the major participants are often like-minded. They are less
concerned with negotiating specific outcomes where the issues are highly contested. However, there
are several forest issues in the Asia-Pacific region which are highly contested. Serious application of
multi-stakeholder processes to these issues has the potential to contribute to outcomes that are likely
to be more durable, and at the same time lead to enhanced social, economic and environmental
impacts. It could be useful to support the piloting of activities to explore the application of multi-
stakeholder processes in situations where serious conflict exists. Among the issues that could benefit
from such application include:

 establishment of oil palm plantations;

 establishment of large scale tree plantations (particularly Eucalyptus and Acacia);
 avoided deforestation in the context of climate change.
 In addition to focusing on specific issues such as those listed above, there are several activities
that international organizations could undertake to build the capacity of forestry (and other)
agencies to facilitate and promote more generalized multi-stakeholder dialogue and decision
making including:

 Advise countries in the region of both the potential and practical limitations of MSPs,
particularly where conflict is present, to produce more socially durable policy and practical
outcomes leading to sustainable forest management.
 Make countries in the region aware of the key characteristics of effective MSPs, particularly
those related to:
 creating equitable power relationships;
 ensuring balanced stakeholder composition;
 enabling effective stakeholder representation and capacity to participate meaningfully in the
debates;
 agreeing on mechanisms for decision making; and
 the cost of setting up and running a MSP.
 Seek ways to enable local level MSPs to become financially self-sufficient.
 Seek ways to link local level MSPs with national processes.
 Support capacity building for key stakeholder groups involved with MSPs.