Efforts to Reduce Global Warming
- International efforts have been initiated to reduce the emission of GHGs into the atmosphere.
- The most important one is the Kyoto Protocol proclaimed in 1997. This protocol went into effect in 2005, ratified by 141 nations.
- Kyoto Protocol allows the 35 industrialized countries to reduce their emissions by the year 2012 to 5 percent less than the levels prevalent in the year 1990.
- Efforts have already been initiated to control the emission of GHGs and to arrest the trend towards global warming.
- The world community should respond to this challenge and adopt a lifestyle that leaves behind a livable world for future generations.
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Global Warming| Class 11 Geography Notes
Global warming is the long-term warming of the planet’s overall temperature. Though this warming trend has been going on for a long time, its pace has significantly increased in the last hundred years due to the burning of fossil fuels. As the human population has increased, so has the volume of fossil fuels burned.
Table of Content
- Global Warming: Definition
- Global Warming: Causes
- Global Warming: Consequences
- Efforts to Reduce Global Warming