Sustainability Report - Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction/Climate Change

 Research Evidence/Sources used: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

- Introduction -

Greenhouse gas emissions are one of the biggest problems we are facing today. Many organizations are tracking the latest climate change science and measuring greenhouse gases trying to find ways to reduce greenhouse emissions and how they can still make power plants, road transportation and other manufacturing industries that produce little to no greenhouse gas emissions. 

(P-1) What are greenhouse gases? 

Gases in our atmosphere help trap the sun’s heat, therefore, it can sustain life on Earth. These gases allow the sun’s rays to pass through and provide heat to the Earth, but it prevents this warmth from escaping from our atmosphere. Without naturally occurring, heat-trapping gases (mainly water vapour, carbon dioxide and methane) Earth would be too cold to even sustain life and this is what causes Climate change. 

Greenhouse gas emissions cause climate change which is produced from fossil fuels, agriculture, transport, waste, power plants, deforestation, energy industry, commercial buildings, iron and steel manufacturing, chemical and petrochemical industries, oil and gas production, and coal mining, these are the examples of the things that emit most of the greenhouse gases in our environment.

(P-2) What is the effect of Greenhouse gas emissions in our environment and on the atmosphere?

The main effect of greenhouse gas emissions is Climate change. Climate Change is the result of trapped heat caused by greenhouse gases, they also cause respiratory diseases from smog and other types of air pollution. Unnatural weather patterns, increased wild and forest fires, and food supply disruption are some of the things that are mostly affected by climate change caused by greenhouse gases. Climate change takes a huge part in animal endangerment and different species of animals disappearing. Because of Climate change, animals such as polar bears are losing their habitats and also starving due to the lack of ice which they depend on for getting food from the sea. Animals are not the only ones affected by climate change, we humans are also affected by these changing weather patterns. People with asthma and other respiratory problems will have difficulty breathing because of the heat, smog and other air pollutants trapped in the atmosphere causing hundreds of thousands of people getting sick every single day.

 

(P-3) What can we do to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and climate change?

There are a lot of examples of ways on how we can help reduce the amount of climate change and greenhouse gasses that are currently occurring in our environment. Examples of how we can reduce the amount of Climate change and Greenhouse gasses are avoiding the use of fossil fuels, planting more trees, finding more sustainable and environmentally helpful ways to produce energy or even creating campaigns that focus on getting rid of Climate change and Greenhouse gas emissions throughout the years, and these are just a few of the ways we can reduce the number of greenhouse gasses and climate change and even by just doing and changing these few things we do in our everyday lives, we can definitely make a greater future for the next generations to come.

 -Conclusion -

In conclusion, Climate change and Greenhouse gas emissions have a huge impact on us and our environment and as you can see, we can do a lot of things to help reduce the amount of climate change and gas emissions but we are just not acting on it and sometimes ignoring the fact that problems such as climate change are getting worse, so if we can just change a few things in the way we treat our environment it could make a huge difference and can greatly affect and help reduce the amount of Climate change and Greenhouse gasses in our atmosphere.