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Recent climate changes, also known as global warming, indicate that average increases in temperature around the world are happening because of the carbon dioxide that\’s increasingly emitted into the atmosphere. No matter where you live, climate change is going to affect you directly. Therefore, it should concern you no matter who you are. Because there are potentially dire consequences as a result of climate change, we need to begin to discuss this problem and take action now before it\’s too late, and so that others can follow our example. These changes have to be made now so that future and even more catastrophic changes don\’t happen.

Global warming is happening because, as research has shown, heat is being trapped in the atmosphere. This happens because deforestation, vehicle emissions, and pollution from industrial processes all have produced extra heat on the Earth\’s surface. This is increasing average temperatures. It has been projected that the planet itself is overheating and that our environments and we will all be adversely affected in just a few years by negative climate change, unless something is done. It is happening now, but we can begin to control it simply by changing a few behaviors.

Climate changes will change the rate of growth for plants and flowers, affect the population sizes of plants and animals, deteriorate glaciers, raise ocean levels, and continue to change weather patterns. Human activity is causing the increase in temperature, and human activity can slow the rate of climate change.

If this is allowed to continue, animal and plant species will dwindle and eventually may become extinct. And lest you think this will not affect you as a human, think again. Because every living thing depends on everything else, we alter our food chains and destroy species. Animals themselves already don\’t have food to eat such that they\’re becoming extinct, and our own food source will be in danger as a result.

For those who are members of future generations, intense weather patterns will continue to manifest, increasing death tolls. Economies too, will be negatively impacted because of climate change. Groceries, including things like wheat and coffee, will be much harder to get because intense storms may destroy growing wheat fields or coffee fields, for example. Besides economic failure, though, death tolls in general will also increase because of weather patterns directly, including deaths directly from intense tsunamis, storms and hurricanes.

Where does all of this extra carbon dioxide come from? It comes from industrial pollution and from carbon dioxide emissions from cars. Restrictions are beginning to be put in place such that this type of carbon dioxide emission is minimized. We can decrease these climate changes through carbon dioxide over exposure if cars and industries themselves reduce emissions by 3% year.

However, everyone can help to slow global warming. Some simple things you can do include planting a tree, recycling, weatherizing your house so that it\’s more efficient (and so that you use less energy and therefore cut down on carbon dioxide emissions), replacing old appliances with more efficient ones, and so on. You can also eliminate plastic, carpool to work, take the bus, etc. And of course, you will need to teach your children how to reduce energy consumption and pollution in this way as well. Children need to learn the importance of the environment to us and our continued survival so that they and their children can continue to enjoy their lives.

Everyone can help contribute to slow down global warming. Some simple household tasks that can help decrease climate change are recycling, planting a tree, weatherizing your home, and replacing old appliances. Some other tasks include eliminating plastic, buying a fuel-efficient car, and car-pooling to work or school. Younger generations need to be educated about how humans negatively impact their environments and need to be directed on what changes to make for future generations.

Climate changes will impact our future, but we can all help to slow it down and then maybe focus on reversing it. Time is not on our side when it comes to climate changes in the future.

About the author: Jerry Dyess has specialized in Texas Energy for the past 7 years. Get more information on Texas Power rates.

Ever since the slow realization set in and we began to understand that our conspicuous consumption over the decades has led to serious damage to our environment, as a society we have been looking for ways to turn it around. Certainly, the problem is gigantic as we are very reliant on the use of fossil fuels for our energy. The subsequent emission of dangerous greenhouse gases has caused a considerable problem and must be addressed.

Few would disagree that greenhouse gas damage has been caused to our environment and many of us can already see the adverse climate problems that have been caused. However, it will need the action of governments to force change in such a way as to be effective. This change is coming however as a cap and trade carbon system has just been introduced by the British which will effectively force the largest consumers of energy to change their ways and reduce their output of carbon emissions.

The Carbon Reduction Commitment is legislation aimed squarely at the largest producers in the United Kingdom. This cap and trade carbon system will place a limit on the total amount of carbon emissions and force individual organizations to trade between themselves and with the government, effectively reducing the overall volume emitted.

The concept of a cap and trade carbon system is not new. Theoretically it works by forcing consumers to trade actively underneath a limit, thus achieving a natural reduction. However, carbon has not before been viewed as a commodity. Other governments around the world are likely to take up a similar approach and many are viewing developments with interest.

The British government has decided that approximately 5,000 companies in the country are major producers of greenhouse gases due to their consumption of energy. Within a couple of years, each of these companies will be required to actively reduce their carbon footprint as part of the cap and trade carbon system. Those that do not, will find that they face an increasing cost as they purchase their carbon allowances and will also find that their underperformance will be communicated to society as a whole.

The Carbon Reduction Commitment is aiming squarely at the year 2050 and programs have been designed to take the project up to that point, reducing carbon emissions by 80%. Hopefully, this will contain and even reverse some of the worst damage to our environment that has been caused by greenhouse gas emissions.

Within the United States, legislators are a little slower to take up the cause of climate change, although they are considering a program similar to the cap and trade carbon system now in place. It remains to be seen how far this piece of legislation gets.

While it is unrealistic to expect companies and individuals to make significant attempts to reduce their carbon footprints without encouragement by the government, the jury is still out as to whether a cap and trade carbon system is the right approach or not.