Blaise Kalubi

Climate change
Due 4/19/16

Costs of Global Warming

Global warming has become one of the most pressing issues

of modern society. Its probably the major problem that this generation are
facing. In my opinion global warming is something that we cant ignored,
because the economic effects of global warming are very important to pay
intention to it. Nowadays climate change is the biggest problem of the
human being. It is already happening and represents one of the greatest
environmental, social and economic threats facing the planet. Climate affects
principally agriculture, forestry, and fishing, which together constitute less
than 2% of the U.S. gross domestic products.
A warmer climate will lower transportation costs. Less snow and
ice will torment truckers and automobile drivers. Fewer winter storms will
disrupt air travel. Global warming is causing agriculture land, this will cause
problems in supplying food leading to rising prices. This will particularly
affect countries which are net importers of food. Rising sea levels. Globing
warming is causing sea levels to rise. This will cause structural damage and
loss of land. Storm damage. It seems that global warming is leading to an
increased success for flooding and storms. Loss of wildlife. Changing
temperatures can lay waste for wildlife. The economic cost may be hard to

evaluate, but, if species go extinct it may prevent future medicines being

invented. Migration. Global warming will cause migration from some
countries to others. Those that suffer the most from global warming will see
depopulation. There will be overcrowding in the other countries. The climate
can affect every person and our health directly through increases in
temperature. Improved agricultural. It is argued that higher temperatures
may lead to increased food production in some countries. This conflicts with
the issue of desertification some areas will have increased production, some
areas lower production. As from my experience, I think that since, The UN
care they all about reducing poverty, I think they should Combating climate
change over reducing poverty, and yeah poverty is a huge issue, which
needs a action of of solution. But if we look into countries, like Zambia,
Somali, Congo, Mexico and others, have you ever ask yourself why those
countries are so poor and people die every day? The main reason behind
that I think is the climate change and because of that they food doesnt grow
so well and they cant afford to trade with other countries or buy it. As we
can see the climate change is very important thing and it need to be taken
serious.
I think it is better to first stop the climate changes and then find
the solution how to reduce poverty in the poor countries. And climate change
it is not just for those poor countries, but for all of us. If we stop changes, we
are going to be healthier and everything around us will be cleaner and it will
be normal again.

Many people take nature for granted and no realize that they cannot just
reap from it. The Earth needs to be nourished in return. Everyone can help
save the nature around us acting out in many different ways. Nature has
always been important to everyone and everything in the world. It provides
nourishment and beauty for life. Simple changes can be made to better
mother Earth, so we need to start taking it serious to make a difference or
else it may descent into nothing.
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