Biology Assignment
Biology Assignment
Biology Assignment
BIOL-1340
A01
comes as no surprise that almost all governments have taken some steps to help
reduce global warming. So, what is global warming and why is it so dangerous for the
planet?
greenhouse gases, burning of fossil fuels and various other activities. Global warming
basically heats up the earth’s atmosphere which leads to various climatic issues
Many countries have taken various steps to control global warming, many countries
attended the climate action summit in 2019.but only a few was able to control global
the used of solar energy. In 2010, the country established the national solar mission,
which set out to add 20 gigawatts of solar capacity by 2022. The country surpassed
that goal back in 2018 and is now set to exceed its Paris pledge to supply 40% of the
nation’s energy needs with non-fossil-fuel power by 2030. India accomplished this by
solar energy, and by launching programs to expand off-the-grid solar power, bringing
electricity to many villages in the process. The low cost of labor along with the
decreasing price of solar panels made the cost of India’s solar power the cheapest in
the world.
Norway takes climate change seriously. It has committed to reducing its emissions
40% by 2030 and aims to reach net zero emissions by 2050. But Norway’s biggest
claim is its aggressive effort to clean up its transportation sector. As of 2017, electric
cars and plug-in hybrids accounted for half of the new cars sold in the country. And
in March of this year, electric cars alone made up almost 60% of the car sales. By
2025, the government wants that number to be 100%. The government provides
generous incentives for electric vehicles, such as waiving some of its famously high
taxes and providing owners with many benefits, like electric-only parking lots in
cities. Norway has also invested in vehicle charging infrastructure and supplies most
of its electricity with clean hydropower. China has also invested heavily in low-carbon
transportation. It is the largest electric car market in the world, and it owns 99% of
the world’s electric buses. The motivation is partly to clean up urban air quality and
spur domestic innovation. In 2008, the U.K. passed the climate change act, a
sweeping law that set the country on a path toward decarbonizing its economy. It
standards for buildings. the country passed a measure requiring its emissions to
reach net zero by 2050, making it the first nation with a legally binding commitment
to do so. Gambia is a small country, and it has played almost no role in contributing
to climate change. But like many poor countries, the West African nation stands to
suffer in a
warming world because of sea level rise, drought and other stresses. Gambia has
committed to slowing the rate at which its emissions will rise. By 2030, they will be
2.7% lower than they would have been in a business-as-usual scenario. A 20-
megawatt solar power facility is currently under development, which will increase
the country’s electricity supply by 20%. the government rolled out a plan to restore
large areas of forest, mangroves and savanna that will suck up carbon dioxide.
Switzerland consistently ranks highly for its efforts to address climate change. Its
emissions have been declining since the 1970s. Switzerland was an early adopter of a
carbon tax (Sweden was first in 1990). The Levy, as the Swiss prefer to call it, was
imposed in 2008, and as of 2018, it charged $96 per ton of carbon dioxide. Most of
the carbon tax revenue, which totals $300 million, is returned to citizens, including as
About a third goes to improving the efficiency of buildings and to R&D for clean
technologies.
Costa Rica has committed to reaching net zero emissions by the middle of the
century. The country has already tackled some of its biggest emissions sectors. It gets
80% of its energy from hydro power. It has also managed to reverse the trend of
deforestation that plagued the country in the 1960s and ’70s. Since that time, Costa
Rica has more than doubled its forest cover. Most of its emissions now come from
transportation. By 2035, it wants a bus fleet made up of 70% electric vehicles and an
electric train system to ferry people between cities. Costa Rica also plans to promote
In the Paris Agreement, the parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on
protection of “holding the increase in the global average temperature to well below
2 ∘C above pre-industrial levels and pursuing efforts to limit the temperature increase
to 1.5 ∘C above pre-industrial levels, recognizing that this would significantly reduce
the risks and impacts of climate change”
At present it is noticed that none of the Southeast Asia countries gives penalty to
are found to be uneconomical to be merged into most of the production plants. The
one and only CO2 capture plant so far in Southeast Asia was built under Petronas
Fertilizer Co., Malaysia and started its operation in 1999. It was an output from
countries have their country policies and legislations in enhancing energy efficiency
approaches have been taken i.e., alternative vehicles, alternative fuels, fuel efficiency
and natural energy utilization, is one of the measures to reduce the CO 2 emission
from commercial and residential sectors. It is expected to eliminate 39% and 48%
Union has committed itself to a 20-per cent reduction in GHG emissions by 2020, and up
to 30 per cent if others follow. In the United States, there is growing action by cities and
states; for example, the Mayor of New York City has announced a pledge to cut the city's
GHG emissions by 30 per cent. Also, over 460 mayors in the United States have pledged
to cut emissions by 7 per cent below the 1990 levels. California, has announced it will
reduce emissions by 25 per cent by 2020. Rapidly developing economies, such as Brazil,
China and India, are carrying out voluntary actions to decrease the levels of emissions in
comparison to what they would have been without action. The Chinese authorities
estimate that around 7 per cent of China's energy comes from renewable sources,
equivalent to an emission savings of 328 million tons of carbon dioxide. Targets have
been set for an even higher renewable energy use. Brazil, where a significant level of
emissions come from land-use change, has reduced deforestation in the Amazon by
over 50 per cent over the past three years. Some 80 per cent of all new cars sold in the
developing economies have reduced emissions by 500 million tonnes over the past three
decades.
In conclusion, many countries have initiated and continue to initiate various laws and
programs than help in controlling the emissions and therefore help reduce global
warming, and most of the countries have been more or less successful. At present the
way the countries and UN are responding to the problems indicates that this major
References
The UN Role in Climate Change Action: Taking the Lead Towards A Global Response
(article)- (https://www.un.org/en/chronicle/article/un-role-climate-change-action-
taking-lead-towards-global-response)
India is now producing the world’s cheapest solar power- 9 (via
https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2019/06/india-is-now-producing-the-world-s-
cheapest-solar-power)