"You look at that river gently flowing by. You notice the leaves rustling with the wind. You hear the birds; you hear the tree frogs. In the distance you hear a cow. You feel the grass. The mud gives a little bit on the river bank. It’s quiet; it’s peaceful. And all of a sudden, it’s a gear shift inside you. And it’s like taking a deep breath and going... Oh yeah, I forgot about this."—Al Gore in the opening monologue of An Inconvenient Truth
The movie ‘An Inconvenient Truth’, presented by former United States Vice President Al Gore, shown us the planetary emergency of global warming. It causes many serious facts that influence our human life now. The sea level keeps on increasing due to the melting of the ice in two poles of the earth. 40% of people in the world get their drinking water from rivers and spring systems that are fed more than half by the melt water coming off the glaciers. Due to the fast melting speed, we will face the world-wide water shortage soon. Besides, global warming not only increases precipitation worldwide, but it also relocates the precipitation, paradoxically causes not only more flooding at some places, but also more drought at other places. Much more than these, global warming is seriously threatening our human being.
To reduce the problem of global warming, governments are playing the most important role in global warming today. Global Warming is not just national problem, it is a global problem. As we know, the greenhouse gases thicken the layer of atmosphere, so that more of the outgoing infrared reflected of the sun is trapped, and the atmosphere heats up worldwide. There are policies enacted by many countries in order to control the emission of greenhouse gas.
In China, the government published "Reply to Climate Change in China" in 2007, which made clear by the year 2010 in response to climate change targets, priority areas and policies. To reduce the emission of greenhouse gases, the government developed much new energy like hydropower, nuclear power, wind energy and methane. From 2000 to 2008, China's wind power capacity increased from 340,000 kilowatts to 10,000,000 kilowatts; hydropower capacity also raised from 7,935,000 kilowatts to 163,000,000 kilowatts. Another strategy is trying to achieve an efficient use of the traditional resources. From 2000 to 2008, the government eliminated 46.59 million tons of outdated iron smelting and 37.47 million tons of steel production capacities in order to save energy. Besides, the natural forests are extremely protected to enhance the capacity of absorbing greenhouse gases. By 2008, the coverage area of forests in China has increases 4.29% comparing with 8 years before.
Nowadays in China, the total consumption of resources keeps decreasing year by year. And more and more citizens realize the serious of environment protection also. On the 11th of December, 1997, countries from around the world gathered in Kyoto, Japan and the Protocol was negotiated. If the agreed levels are reached, greenhouse gas emissions will be reduced to a level of at least 5% below the 1990 levels in the commitment period of 2008 to 2012. Although there was not specific requirements of greenhouse gases emission for developing countries, as a family member of the whole world, we have the duty to take care of the earth for ourselves and for our later generations.
To reduce the problem of global warming, governments are playing the most important role in global warming today. Global Warming is not just national problem, it is a global problem. As we know, the greenhouse gases thicken the layer of atmosphere, so that more of the outgoing infrared reflected of the sun is trapped, and the atmosphere heats up worldwide. There are policies enacted by many countries in order to control the emission of greenhouse gas.
In China, the government published "Reply to Climate Change in China" in 2007, which made clear by the year 2010 in response to climate change targets, priority areas and policies. To reduce the emission of greenhouse gases, the government developed much new energy like hydropower, nuclear power, wind energy and methane. From 2000 to 2008, China's wind power capacity increased from 340,000 kilowatts to 10,000,000 kilowatts; hydropower capacity also raised from 7,935,000 kilowatts to 163,000,000 kilowatts. Another strategy is trying to achieve an efficient use of the traditional resources. From 2000 to 2008, the government eliminated 46.59 million tons of outdated iron smelting and 37.47 million tons of steel production capacities in order to save energy. Besides, the natural forests are extremely protected to enhance the capacity of absorbing greenhouse gases. By 2008, the coverage area of forests in China has increases 4.29% comparing with 8 years before.
Nowadays in China, the total consumption of resources keeps decreasing year by year. And more and more citizens realize the serious of environment protection also. On the 11th of December, 1997, countries from around the world gathered in Kyoto, Japan and the Protocol was negotiated. If the agreed levels are reached, greenhouse gas emissions will be reduced to a level of at least 5% below the 1990 levels in the commitment period of 2008 to 2012. Although there was not specific requirements of greenhouse gases emission for developing countries, as a family member of the whole world, we have the duty to take care of the earth for ourselves and for our later generations.
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