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The rapid rise in infectious diseases due to global climate change is no less than a moment of concern as an estimated 7 million people worldwide die each year from air pollution. Severe weather and mosquito-borne diseases have become commonplace around the world, but it is worth noting that reducing carbon dioxide emissions, which cause global warming, could save millions of lives each year.
The impact of climate change on health is the biggest challenge of the 21st century, but it is unfortunate that only one percent of the world's money is being spent on its prevention. In the 1980s, scientists acknowledged that while carbon and greenhouse gases from refrigerators, air conditioners and industries were damaging "ozone" levels, global temperatures were rising alarmingly. ۔
When the temperature in European countries rose in 2003, 70,000 people died. In 2010, the heat in Russia killed 50,000 people. US Vice President Al Gore writes in his book Inconvenient Truth AN on Environmental Pollution that the issue of "global warming" became the most prominent campaign issue in the United States during the 2000 election. But after the victory, he took a U-turn and said that it was not a problem. When people shouted about environmental pollution, President Bush said it was good for the economy and that science was not good. Absolutely, so the facts presented by him cannot be believed.
He added in his book that the United States accounts for more than 30 percent of the world's polluters, while Europe accounts for 27 percent and Russia for more than 13 percent. The world's greenery has declined by 59 percent since 1999. There are about 50 countries with the worst drinking water shortages, including in India. The tragedy is that 98% of the world's territory is polluted, with no clean air or water. Modern industrial and scientific development has its place, but if the heat generated by it is not controlled, no country in the world, no matter how developed, will be able to survive the ravages of the weather because food prices there. Will grow , Famine will increase, crops will be reduced, maize, rice and wheat crops will be severely affected, floods and hurricanes will come. Due to the increasing amount of water, air and temperature are facing various environmental problems these days. The atmosphere currently contains about 31% of the deadly gases such as carbon dioxide.
According to experts, sea levels will rise by 9 to 100 centimeters by 2100, which will submerge coastal cities. About 59,000 deaths are caused by air pollution. Climate change and pollution have also led to a significant decline in the world's gross economic output, with emissions of nitrogen and carbon compounds from various industries and transport also increasing air pollution day by day.
According to a study, more than half of all deaths due to air pollution worldwide occur in just two countries, India and China, as coal-fired power plants are the biggest source of pollution in India and China. Earlier, several agreements were reached at the global level to control environmental pollution, but they could not be implemented. An agreement was reached in 1987 in Montreal to reduce emissions of gases that damage the ozone layer. In 1990 and 1992, major global meetings were convened to make it more effective and efficient.
In 1992, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) discussed various proposals for mitigating global warming. At the Third United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Japan, more than 160 countries signed an agreement that prioritized the goal of greenhouse gases, which contribute to global warming. The biggest reason is that their expulsions will be minimized, but since February 2005, when it came time to implement the agreement, the United States has refused to ratify it.
China, the world's largest emitter of carbon, has indicated it will implement it by 2024, while the United States has indicated it will do so by 2019. In addition, China has set a target of reducing coal production by 500 million tons by 2020. It has also decided to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from sources that cause air pollution by up to 60 percent. According to a report, the current annual emission of greenhouse gases in Pakistan is 405 million tons per year. India and some Gulf states have asked for a respite until 2028.
Although climate change affects both developed and developing countries, most of these changes are faced by developing countries, largely due to the fact that these countries pay less attention to them due to development and trade.
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