[Thematic Report] Be a Solution ....Not a Pollution !!!by Nitipak Ratapipat | 21-07-2020 00:33 |
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Do you know the name of this era of human ? The name ¡°Anthropocene¡± (a combination of Anthropos, the Greek for ¡°human¡±, and ¡°-cene¡±, the suffix used in names of geological era) was proposed in 2000 by Paul Crutzen, the Dutch Nobel laureate and pioneer on atmospheric chemistry to emphasize the significant human activities impact on Earth¡¯s geology and ecosystems including climate change caused by human activity. [1]
Over the past decades, humans have become the dominant force driving the problem of climate and the earth's temperature. By deforestation, burning fossil fuels for industry, power and transport, farming livestock, agriculture and so on, climate change by those human activities continually manifest intense phenomena, for example melting glaciers , rising sea levels, thawing permafrost and unpredictable groundwater levels. Not only crop yields are directly affected by climate change but also meat production, fisheries also are. [2] [3]
Ivanova et al., (2015) found that household consumers generate more than 60% of the world 's greenhouse gas emissions, and up to 80% of the world's land, material and water usage. It is estimated that it would take 1.6 Earths to meet the demands that human make of nature each year. [4]
Unfortunately, human demands & consumptions are unlimited and beyond the limit of this earth¡¯s natural resources. Not enough people are paying attention to what we call climate change emergency. If we can educate all population in this world how climate change will effect things that matter to them, that will help to open their perspective and finally change their behavior.
References :
[1] Edwards, L. E. (2015, November 30). What is the Anthropocene?. Eos. https://eos.org/opinions/what-is-the-anthropocene
[2] European Commission (2017, June 28). Causes of climate change.
https://ec.europa.eu/clima/change/causes_en
[3] Government of Canada (2019, April 2). Melting Glaciers, Rising Sea Levels, Thawing Permafrost and Unpredictable Groundwater Levels: The Unsettling Effects of Climate Change.
https://www.nrcan.gc.ca/simply-science/21842
[4] Ivanova, D., Stadler, K., Steen-Olsen, K., Wood, R., Vita, G., Tukker, A. and Hertwich, G.E. (2015). Environmental Impact Assessment of Household Consumption. Journal of Industrial Ecology. 20 (3).
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/jiec.12371
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