Climate engineering

Climate engineering refers to the deliberate attempts to employ new technologies to stop rapid climate change (Editor, UCUSA). The most common and harmful form of climate change currently is global warming. The environmental hazard, caused mainly by the build-up of Carbon (iv) Oxide in the atmosphere, has numerous adverse effects. Top most among these is the rapid rise in global temperatures due to trapping of heat by the excess Carbon (iv) Oxide. The rise in temperature then has a chain effect to some measure, as it leads to melting of ice caps on both poles, hence rise in water levels and consequent flooding, while it may directly cause drought in extreme circumstances in the long run. Climate engineering is, therefore, divided into both measures to reduce Carbon (iv) Oxide concentration in the atmosphere, and other measures to regulate solar energy absorption by the earth. The process of solar climate engineering usually entails reflecting solar energy back to the atmosphere, to reduce the amount being absorbed into the ground. Removing Carbon (iv) oxide, on the other hand, involves a raft of measures such as reducing emission by factories to reduce the concentration in the atmosphere, therefore, curbing climate change.

Corporate environmentalism, meanwhile, is the knowledge by companies and firms that environmental change is contributed to by their manufacture and distribution of products, therefore, including climate conservation in their planning (Pulver). Manufacture especially, is a process that leads to large-scale emission of harmful gases such as Carbon (iv) Oxide that has adverse effects on the climate. The indiscriminate dumping of waste products, too, leads to large scale pollution, hence the death of organisms that may result in drought eventually. Most companies, therefore, have bought into the circular economy, where the companies emphasize continuous use of resources and effective elimination of waste products produced (Editor, WRAP ). These measures deal with the problem of emission of harmful substances to the atmosphere, consequently, dealing with climate change.

References

Editor. UCUSA. 6 November 2017. 18 March 2020 <https://www.ucsusa.org/resources/what-climate-engineering>.

Editor. WRAP . n.d. 18 March 2020 <http://www.wrap.org.uk/about-us/about/wrap-and-circular-economy>.

Pulver, Simon. Sagepub. 1 March 2007. 18 March 2020 <https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1086026607300246>.