Green houses gases and developed nations
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Background:
While reading your favorite magazine in the field, you come to a column that stirs you to respond. In it you read that Article 4 of the U.N. Convention on Climate Change (commonly known as the "Rio Treaty") contains the following paragraph.
Task:
Is it proper to place the burden for the reduction of greenhouse gases on the developed nations, considering that some of the worst examples of deforestation and air pollution are occurring in developing nations?
You decide to send 3 paragraphs (with references) to the magazine editor in response.
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Solution Summary
Greenhouse gases trap the heat inside the earth's atmosphere and finally it is manifested in the form of Global warming.
The problem of global warming has to be identified and addressed within the preview of national interest. The problem had its genesis in the industrial revolution which begins in the developed nation. Initially it was insignificant and the developed nation has utilized it to their advantage. With the progress of time when it moves to developing nations, it has started showing significant effect on global climate.
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Greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), water vapor, and fluorinated gases, act like a greenhouse around the earth. They trap the heat inside the earth's atmosphere and finally it is manifested in the form of Global warming.Global warming refers to the increase in the average temperature of the Earth's near-surface air and oceans in recent decades and its projected continuation. It can have many different causes, but it is most commonly associated with human interference, specifically the release of excessive amounts of greenhouse gases.
Some of the main sources of greenhouse gases due to human activity include:
a. burning of fossil fuels and deforestation leading to ...
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