Blog 5 Ali Faraz Thursday September 27,2012,Pollution

100 million to die by 2030 if world fails to act on climate

September 27  3:48 pm 

 

On September 27,12 Nina Chestney of Reuters published an article that more then 100 million people will die by 2030 if the world fails to tackle climate change. Global temperatures are rising because of green house gas emissions. These emissions have serious effects on our planet like melting ice caps, extreme weather, drought and rising sea levels. 20 governments commissioned this report and calculated that five million deaths occur each year from air pollution, hunger, and disease as a result of climate change. This toll is expected to increase if current patterns of fossil fuel use continue. More than 90 percent of those deaths will occur in developing countries, because developing countries are less cautious compare to developed countries.

Effects of climate change will also cost us a $1.2 trillion a year by 2030 if global temperatures are allowed to rise. The losses to agriculture and fisheries alone could amount to more than $500 billion per year.  Many people in developing countries depend on these sectors to make a living. Temperatures have already risen by 0.8 degrees Celsius since pre-industrial times. In 2010 200 nations agreed to keep the global average temperature rise to below 2C. However scientist have warned that the chance of this is getting slimmer because of continued burning of fossil fuels.

Even the biggest economies like United States and China could see a 2.1 percent reduction in their potential GDPS by 2030. This can increase job loss and higher death rates. This article relates to our class because this is a serious global issue.  Every country in this world is burning fossil fuels, which is increasing higher amounts of global greenhouse gas emissions.  If we continue to keep this up by 2030 we will destroy many lives and hurt our global economy. We are making ourselves more vulnerable to failure.
Source : http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/09/27/us-climate-inaction-idUSBRE88Q0ZJ20120927