Day 71 – Q 1.What do you understand by ‘human fingerprint on greenhouse gases’? What are its implications for the shared future of humanity? Does it require quick and drastic response? Analyse.
1. What do you understand by ‘human fingerprint on greenhouse gases’? What are its implications for the shared future of humanity? Does it require quick and drastic response? Analyse.
‘ग्रीनहाउस गैसों पर मानव फिंगरप्रिंट‘ से आप क्या समझते हैं? मानवता के साझा भविष्य के लिए इसके निहितार्थ क्या हैं? क्या इसे त्वरित और कठोर प्रतिक्रिया की आवश्यकता है? विश्लेषण करें।
Introduction:
‘Human fingerprint on greenhouse gases’ is the emission of Green House Gases as a result of human induced activities. Evidences have mounted that these emissions are causing changes to the climate in the lower and upper reaches of the atmosphere.
Researchers have compared a human signal with natural causes of climate variability such as the El Niño-Southern Oscillation, volcanoes and solar variability. The pattern of a warm troposphere and cool stratosphere can only be explained by manmade greenhouse gas and ozone-depleting emissions.
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Implications for the shared future of humanity
- Global resources outlook 2019
- Resource extraction has more than tripled since 1970
- Resource extraction is responsible ~ 50% of greenhouse gas emissions and over 90 per cent of biodiversity loss and water stress.
- More cooperation at global forums – Some countries pulling out of Paris agreement is not a good news to solve a problem that is truly global in nature.
- Global contribution in funding – 2018 UNEP Emission Gap report highlights the radical inadequacy of current contributions.
- Food security is at risk – due to climate change and agricultural stress
- Global socio-cultural misery
- Migration due to distressed agriculture.
- Displacement of indigenous people
- Increased incidences of disaster
It require quick and drastic response
- Exploding human consumption is the driving force for Anthropocene extinction (The living planet report, WWF)
- Sustainable future is one three biggest challenges as per World Economic Forum.
- IPCC report says that this is the last chance for the world to deal with climate change.
- UN climate secretariat estimates that current contributions place the planet on a 2.6°C to 3.2°C pathway.
- WMO report – global average surface temperature in 2018 was 4th highest recorded.
- Lancent medical journal – 46% increase in weather related disaster since 2000.
Issues arising out of climate change
- Shrinking of Islands
- Munroe island in Kerala
- Many islands Lakshadweep, Maldives, of Philippines
- Disaster – Lancent medical journal – 46% increase in weather related disaster since 2000.
- Kerala flood havoc
- Loss of livelihood
- Disproportionate effect on low lying nations
- Climate refugee
- Damage to biodiversity
Conclusion
In order to attain a sustainable future the need of the hour is to take urgent action against emission of GHG (SGD 13) and preserving the humanity and future of the mankind.
