La lutte contre le changement climatique : une question internationale brûlante

Exposé Politique & international Écologie et environnement

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11/03/2009

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Anglais

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6 pages

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USA, France and India's policies regarding greenhouse gases reduction and their level of commitment in the Kyoto protocol
Steps they are taking to change their policies regarding the problem of global warming and climate change
What they are doing internationally to encourage countries to battle climate change

Résumé :

Climate change is an environmental issue that is now recognized by almost all of the scientific community in the world. It is affecting the whole planet. Climate is influenced by both natural and human factors. But it's been proven that human activities are to a wide extent responsible for global warming, because of a huge emission of greenhouse gases related to human activities, and particularly transports and industries. The temperature on earth has increased 0.6% in the past century. People have become aware of the fact that if nothing is done to abate global warming on global level, climate change could represent a great risk for the world population, leading to an increase in the number of environmental disasters such as cyclones and storms, and a significant meltdown of the glaciers that would cause a rising sea level 10 to 20 centimeters.

Such a phenomenon would be sufficient to reduce a big part of the emerged grounds and cause major floods. Some countries may even be wiped out of the map because of these floods, "even a partial melting [of Greenland] would cause a one-meter (three-foot) rise. Such a rise would have a devastating impact on low-lying island countries, such as the Indian Ocean's Maldives, which would be entirely submerged. " On the other hand, because of the rise in temperature, some other states could suffer even more from water penury.