The Major Stakeholders of Global Warming - Essay Example

Download file to see previous pages Due to the increase in temperature, many of the living organisms get affected, and most of them die. The rise in the concentration of greenhouse gases results in the Earth becoming warmer progressively. This concentration mostly occurs by the release of gases, like CO2, in the atmosphere through natural processes, and also by industries and factories that burn fossil fuels. Deforestation is another cause of increase in CO2 concentration in the atmosphere, since trees are the most important absorbers of CO2; and, when they are cut down, CO2 increases which concentrates the atmosphere. It is argued that CO2 will eventually lead to man’s death by warming up the Earth to an unacceptable level. There are many stakeholders of global warming. Human beings are the most important stakeholders, and are also the origin of it. All individuals must understand that human communities are at stake due to abrupt rise in sea level, massive storms and hurricanes, and heat and cold waves. For instance, the year 2007 brought worst floods in the history of many countries like Malaysia, UK, North Korea, and other African countries. Pakistan saw the worst flood in 2010, which took millions of lives and unsheltered thousands of people. Next to human beings, the stakeholders are the animals and plants. Some animals are able to move to places of suitable temperature, but some are not able to cross the mountain barriers and waters. Plants are immobile, so they die. Global governments are also one of the stakeholders, whose vision toward solving the issue of global warming depends upon the views of their citizens. Many of these governments have not been able to take steps toward the solution of global warming, but there are other examples like Kyoto Protocol of 1997 which planned to counter the climate change issue. The Southern Baptist Convention of June 2007, which was considered as the country’s largest Protestant denomination (Miller, 2008, p.128), raised concerns about the fact that global warming will continue to affect the poor of the country, because even if steps are taken to counter global warming by reducing the number of factories that emit CO2, this will result in an increase in the cost of energy that will ultimately affect the poor. Businesses are the only stakeholders that will not make movements against the global warming issue; instead, they will even try to stop the movement against global warming. This is because businesses tend to run such factories and industries that emit CO2 into the atmosphere; and, no businessman would want to end his business. But not all businesses work in this manner. For example, FedEx is such a company that tends to decrease global warming by shifting its entire fleet of delivery trucks to hybrids. The biggest hazard of global warming is that it is giving rise to many climate changes. Earth, today, is much warmer than it was 100 years ago. “Around the world, the Earth's average temperature has risen more than 1 degree Fahrenheit (0.8 degrees Celsius) over the last century, and about twice that in parts of the Arctic” (National Geographic Society, para.2). One way we can observe the Earth getting warmer is by observing the trees. In warmer conditions, the trees get thicker and form thick rings.  ...Download file to see next pagesRead More