Outline and Introduction

                                                   By: Anil Kumar

                                                  

CLIMATE CHANGE: IS IT TOO LATE TO ACT?

1. INTRODUCTION:

a. A surge of climate change; an uncontested reality

b. Its too late to act; a myopic conclusion

c. Climate change and its solution; a real dilemma for humanity to resolve

2. CLIMATE CHANGE; A NEAR-EXISTENTIAL THREAT TO HUMANITY

a. Rising sea-level is likely to submerge coastal areas

b. Upsurge of novel viruses; a dangerous face of climate change

c. Frequent natural disasters; a risk multiplier

d. Forest burning and heatwave events

3. STEPS TAKEN BY WORLD COMMUNITY TO MITIGATE CLIMATE CHANGE

a. The Kyoto Protocol; a step in the right direction

b. The Paris Climate Agreement; a historical event that turn the table

c. The UN Framework Convention on Climate Change

d. Global partnership of multiple countries over the issue of climate change.

4. FACTORS THAT SO FAR BELATED THE ACTIONS ON CLIMATE CHANGE:

a. Vested interests of world leaders and corporate sector

b. An unabated emission; a contrary practice to natural tendency of environment.

c. Cultural beliefs; the strong deniers of phenomenon of climate change

d. Lacuna of global cooperation; a key stumbling block

5. TORCHBEARERS FROM AROUND THE WORLD

a. Finland; a champion in banning coal-based energy generation

b. France and the UK; legal guarantor of net-zero emissions by 2050

c. Pakistan; environment-friendly decision makings

6. STRATEGY TO COUNTER CLIMATE CHANGE TIMELY: A WAY FORWARD

a. Implementation of existing protocols and conventions

b. Shift to green technologies; an antidote to the emission of ghg

c. Lowering consumption and amplifying conservation methods

d. Sustainable practices; reforestation and afforestation

e. Global cooperation over climate related issues

7. CONCLUSION:

INTRODUCTION:

                Climate change is, undoubtedly, a reversible process. It has been intensified more by human activities than by natural cause. Once these anthropogenic ways of development are altered, the change in natural climate would gradually be restored. Climate change is undoubtedly a grave issue which is looming large. It also creates domino effects. Moreover, multiple studies as well as scientific data illustrate the fact that by scaling down the concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere climate change can be countered. Similarly, the global partnerships and multilateral efforts to reduce the level of emissions have led positive outcomes since last four decades. Although the manifestation of the impact of climate change is clear from the frequent natural calamities, it is not too late to overcome this phenomenon. Therefore, prudent and timely measures are needed to be taken in order to save the humanity from the scourge of ecological deterioration.