Climate change, causes, economic impact and mitigation
1 Department of Physics, Faculty of Physical Science, University of Calabar, Calabar. Nigeria.
2 Modern Environmental Studies, Institute of environmental engineering, Peoples' Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumumba, Moscow, Russia.
3 Department of Geography, Nasarawa State University Keffi, Nasarawa State, Nigeria.
Review
International Journal of Scientific Research Updates, 2024, 08(01), 001–008.
Article DOI: 10.53430/ijsru.2024.8.1.0043
Publication history:
Received on 11 May 2024; revised on 24 June 2024; accepted on 27 June 2024
Abstract:
The earth and its environment is currently undergoing changes, which may be natural as a result of the earth’s processes or artificial, as a result of man’s activities that has altered the natural earth processes. Climate change is a result of the alteration of the atmospheric balance which in-turn has diverse effects on the earth’s processes and her inhabitants. The aim of this review is primarily to elaborate the climate change, the causes, economic impact and methods of mitigating climate change. The effect of climate change is massive but this article is targeted towards the economic impact of climate change and methods of eliminating this effect in this area. It is a universal challenge, it therefore requires universal attention. This article is a review work on the previous publications on climate change including journals and other articles that are closely related to this topic, it goes ahead to reveal the current situations and effect of climate change in our society today and scientifically proven means of mitigating such effects. Fossil fuels are by far the largest contributor to global climate change, accounting for over 75% of global greenhouse gas emissions and 90% of all carbon emissions. Human activities have warmed the atmosphere, ocean and land, producing widespread and rapid changes in the atmosphere, ocean, cryosphere and biosphere. The methods of mitigating climate change are primarily by reducing the use of fossil fuels in order to stop adding more CO2, Nitrous acid and methane (which are all greenhouse gases) to the atmosphere, by using more of renewable energy such as solar energy, geothermal energy, and hydroelectricity. Practicing better farming systems to improve crop yield other than using harmful chemicals. Implementing policies against gas flaring, faulty automobiles discharging high amounts of carbon into the atmosphere, bush-burning, deforestation etc, should be practiced more.
Keywords:
Climate; Climate change; Mitigation; Economic impact; Fossil fuel
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