NoëlClimateHumanInducedClimateChange09

Noёl Hong HBHS09Committee: CLIMATE Topic: Human Induced Climate Change Country: Madagascar

I. __Brief Background of the Topic and Country Policy__: Human-induced climate change is a huge threat to all. Global warming has greatly increased and is at horrific levels. Rising sea levels, extreme climatic events, and even death are just some of the consequences from our actions. Climate change threatens our safety, as well as the safety of generations to come. Climate change is brought about mainly by our greenhouse gas emissions and harmful pollutants that we release. The ice caps and Arctic regions are being greatly affected, along with small islands. The IPCC indicated that over the past 100 years, the global average sea level has risen by 10 to 20 cm. This is an increase rate of 1 to 2 mm per year, which is ten 10 times faster than the rate of the past 3,000 years. It is predicted that the global average temperature will increase 1.4-5.8 degrees Celsius, and that by the year 2100, the sea level will rise 9-88 cm. It is obvious in both research, and studies that humans are attributing to climate change and global warming.

The country of Madagascar is doing much to try to curb climate change. We have set goals as far as emissions, etc. We are a strong participant in the Kyoto Protocol, and have proved so in our efforts and in our preservation and reduction. In September of 2007, Madagscar’s president told national leaders that Africa and the industrialized world, should form a partnership in which African States would supply clean energy as well as other natural products while other countries invest in the continent. Madagascar was willing to provide some of the energy needs through developing hydro-energy, and volunteered for half of their land to be reforested.

II. __United Nations Actions__: The UN and many other organizations are striving to make changes to the environment, and our lifestyles. But, global change occurs slowly. The United Nations Climate Change Conference produced sufficient results. It focuses on climate preservation. Resolution A/RES/43/53 was adopted by the General Assembly on December 6, 1998. It stresses scientific research and studies encouraging preservation. The Kyoto Protocol was created in 1997 and is highly looked upon and encouraged.

III. __Solutions__:As beings in this common world, we should ban together to fight climate change and global warming. We should hold numerous conferences and conventions more frequently in order to discuss what each of us can do. It would also be beneficial to plant several more trees to absorb and use the carbon dioxide we’re emitting. We can only accomplish fighting climate change if we have global cooperation. Something like the Kyoto Protocol is definitely leading us in the right direction. TOGETHER, we can fight this.

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