What solutions are there to the threat of global warming?

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What solutions are there to the threat of global warming?

Global warming - caused by burning oil, coal and gas - is the biggest environmental problem we face today.

Droughts, floods, storms, melting ice caps, dying coral reefs ... we're already seeing the results. And, if we don’t take drastic action, we will pass the ‘safe’ limits of climate change in just 40 years, allowing our weather to spiral out of control.

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Emissions of the main anthropogenic greenhouse gas, CO2, are influenced by:

  • the size of the human population,
  • the amount of energy used per person,
  • the level of emissions resulting from that use of energy.

Similar factors affect the levels of emissions of the other greenhouse gases.

Policies for addressing greenhouse gas emissions are being developed through international negotiation - the development of international environmental policy is traced in the following section.

A variety of technical options are also available which could reduce emissions, especially from use of energy. Reducing CO2 emissions can be achieved ...

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