Volume : 4, Issue : 4, April - 2015
GREENHOUSE GASES AND GLOBAL WARMING: EMERGING AND INTERNATIONAL POLICY ISSUES AND CHALLENGES.
S. O. Amadi, S. O. Udo
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<p> A critical review of issues and challenges of green–house gases and global warming is presented. Inferences were drawn </p> <div>from a wide spectrum of researches and observations to portray the fact that unprecedented warming of the climate </div> <div>system in response to human induced emission of green–house gases and aerosols is unequivocal and is putting the </div> <div>climate system in jeopardy. The mitigation and adaptation measures including the international policy responses to the unprecedented warming </div> <div>have not been prioritized because of non–binding commitments to many international agreements on ground of economic reasons. The paper </div> <div>advocates the need for the international community to chart a more equitable and sustainable development path. This requires the need to </div> <div>redefine and redesign our energy needs with appropriate policies and mechanism to ensure compliance of the provisions and commitments. </div> <div>The challenge is tremendous in a highly polarized and unequal global economy, currently mired in concerns about debt levels and economic </div> <div>recession. The issue is worrisome as the ravaging effects of global warning are felt very acutely in the form of climate and weather changes, </div> <div>droughts, famines, disease epidemics, destruction of wildlife, huge forest fires and devastating floods to mention a few.</div>
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S.O. AMADI, S.O. UDO GREENHOUSE GASES AND GLOBAL WARMING: EMERGING AND INTERNATIONAL POLICY ISSUES AND CHALLENGES. Global Journal For Research Analysis, Vol: 4, Issue: 4 April 2015