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Why it is difficult to reduce global warming?
1: Responding to flooding, heat waves and other extreme weather that climate change is often making worse. Cost No. 2: Enacting policies to reduce emissions, which would come in the form of higher fossil-fuel costs today.
What are two of the obstacles to achieving a reduction in greenhouse gases?
Lack of knowledge and non-supportive attitudes, however, are only two of the barriers that prevent people from engaging in actions that will reduce GHG emissions.
Why is greenhouse gas emissions an issue?
Greenhouse gases pose severe environmental and health issues. They cause climate change by trapping heat, which in turn affects various species in already arid climates. The climate change caused by greenhouse gas emissions also contributes to extreme weather, wildfires, droughts and food supply disruptions.
How can I reduce greenhouse gas emissions?
Greenhouse gas emissions can be reduced by making power on-site with renewables and other climate-friendly energy resources. Examples include rooftop solar panels, solar water heating, small-scale wind generation, fuel cells powered by natural gas or renewable hydrogen, and geothermal energy.
What are the main problems caused by global warming?
Global warming stresses ecosystems through temperature rises, water shortages, increased fire threats, drought, weed and pest invasions, intense storm damage and salt invasion, just to name a few.
What are the challenges faced due to climate change?
Climate change may aggravate erosion, decline in organic matter, salinization, soil biodiversity loss, landslides, desertification and flooding. The effect of climate change on soil carbon storage can be related to changing atmospheric CO2 concentrations, increased temperatures and changing precipitation patterns.
Climate change is already happening: temperatures are rising, drought and wild fires are starting to occur more frequently, rainfall patterns are shifting, glaciers and snow are melting and the global mean sea level is rising.