Climate change is a serious issue in this world today, and the situation is nothing new. Due to the lack of awareness, climate change is getting worse and worse over time. Every area around the world is being affected with warming winters causing ice areas to slowly melt away to increased temperatures in the summer leading to longer and more unbearable heat waves. One country has made several efforts to share out their thoughts on climate change and firmly believe human activity is the reason why we have this issue, that country is the United Kingdom. The UK admitted before that with their previous methods they have made contributions to climate change but are currently making efforts to help decrease the causes and effects. The problem is that other countries don't believe that human activity is the leading cause of climate change or global warming, and people involved with the United States government believe that it is not real. Everybody needs to do their proper research because looking over what this world has done after the industrial revolution; we are the leading cause of climate change. Going back to the UK’s views on global warming, the UK are firm believers that “rising levels of carbon dioxide and other gases, such as methane, in the atmosphere, create a ‘greenhouse effect,' trapping the sun’s energy and causing the Earth, and in particular the oceans, to warm.” This is happening by burning fossil fuels for energy and acts such as deforestation, and these harmful acts to the atmosphere have all been created by human activity.
There are many ways the UK can be affected by climate change. One way this nation can be modified is by increased temperatures in the summer. Hotter summers can cause more droughts, leading to increased difficulty of growing traditional crops. Warmer weather also includes heat waves to become more familiar and cold winters to become rarer. Rising temperatures will also affect the wildlife. As storms begin to grow stronger, this causes damages to animals habitats. The change in temperatures can also affect the behavior of the animals, which can lead to an imbalance between prey and their predators. What people have to realize is that these effects can happen to any other country, not just the UK.
Regarding the UK's economy, they currently hold the 5th global ranking in the GDP category. Their current GDP is $2.8 trillion as of 2015 where their GDP per capita is $42,500, and their labor force includes of 33.17 million people.
The reason why I am favoring this nation is that they have admitted to contributing to climate change and continue to impress me with the efforts to help prevent the issue. The UK is currently part of the Kyoto Protocol, which is an international agreement for nations around the world, setting reduction targets for their countries on emissions. The country has come up with a 2050 target, which is the goal of reducing gas emissions by 80 percent by 2050 from 1990 levels. By following up to achieve this objective, they are also building a low-carbon economy. The United Kingdom has made these reasonable efforts for their nation but most importantly for the betterment of the world. Their economy is doing great and only has a 5.1 percent unemployment rate; this nation has the money to improve any necessary efforts in pushing a real motive for fighting climate change. Climate change is affecting every aspect on this planet, and it is time everyone owns up to their mistakes and contribution to global warming as a whole and do what’s right. The United Kingdom can't push away climate change by themselves as it is a global issue. By everyone chipping in and making an effort only good conditions can occur, and the UK can ensure themselves that they will do their part.
Other countries should do the same as the United Kingdom. The problem is that not everyone is on the same page whether this issue is real or not which is ridiculous, don’t know what they are doing is hurting our current environments or don’t care at all. I could go on and on about what the solution is to fixing this issue, and it’s simple. We have to reduce the amount of carbon we put into the air and other forms of pollution, for example dumping oil into oceans, that's it. It doesn't matter if pollution is coming from factories or coming from deforestation it has to stop and that is the only way. There is only one problem though. I already gave the solution, and it's already known, but not many changes are happening as a whole. I believe the solution is finding a way to convince everybody that us humans are the reason why ice areas are melting because of record breaking heat weather. The answer is clear and simple it's just a matter of getting every nation on board. It's important they do because we are only hurting this earth for future generations and why do that.
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