GAVIOLA, Hans I.

BS Architecture 3

Climate change and biodiversity are two interconnected subjects. The

current state of each affects the severity of the other, and the effect could
cascade into destruction if left unchecked. Currently, as species richness
decreases, this in turn weakens the sustainability of ecosystems and leads to the
collapse of biomes such as forests and oceans. This causes global warming
coupled with other external factors such as human activity and the destruction
of the ozone layer. As the situation worsens, the loss of biodiversity may lead to
extinction, disrupting food cycles and other natural cycles that used to occur in
these ecosystems. The disaster would lead to more heat produced from climate
change than expected, causing secondary effects such as melting ice caps, more
severe disasters, and poverty. As shown in the diagram, the ideal narrative is a
convergent one, whereas wildlife conservation, habitat restoration, and
wilderness protection are enforced to promote biodiversity. To address climate
change, actions such as emissions reduction, carbon-biodiversity offsets, and the
use of renewable energy must be done by the government and private sector in
tandem to work towards resilient ecosystems and human life support to allow
man to mutually coexist with nature.