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Causes Of Climate Change In The Caribbean

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How would you like to live in a country where pollution and poverty is rampant? Caribbean countries are susceptible to the effects of climate change and if ways to achieve sustainability are not explored, this is the reality we would have to face. The main cause of climate change is global warming and the effects include changes in seasons, disturbance of our surroundings and a strained economy.
Climate change is defined as “a change of climate which is attributable directly or indirectly to human activity that alters the composition of the global atmosphere and which is in addition to natural climate variability observed over comparable time periods.” (The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)) “Climate change is …show more content…

The overconsumption and overutilisation of mundane resources has led to them being diminished too quickly. Human activities such as the combustion of fossil fuels and deforestation have led to drastic climate changes. This is due to the greenhouse effect - when the atmosphere absorbs heat and the excess is not radiated into space. The greenhouse gases are responsible for this effect - carbon dioxide, water vapour, methane, nitrous oxide and chlorofluorocarbons.
In the Caribbean, electricity production uses a huge amount of fossil fuels and this makes power companies one of the largest contributors to global warming and climate change in the region. Fossil fuels are responsible for up to eighty five percent of the carbon dioxide that is released into the atmosphere and this gas is one of the primary greenhouses …show more content…

Sustainable development can help to diminish the effects of climate change and ensure a more favourable future for the residents of the islands economically, environmentally and socially by improving energy, food and waste security.

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