Read the following
material and answer the question.
31 Mar 2014 | 18:01 BST | Posted
by David Cyranoski | Category: Earth, environment & ecology, Policy
Question:
What impacts
of global warming the IPCC report predicts and what are the obstacles to the
climate change mitigation?
Sample Answer:
The latest IPCC report predicts
the harsh reality of the impact of the global warming. It says climate change
will affect future food security, human
well-being and wealth.
Higher temperature and dry weather will cause water and food
shortage and biodiversity decline. Warmer sea water has been changing distribution
of sea lives in the ocean and fishery yield will be less than halved. Yields of
staples such as corn and wheat will drop significantly and keep on raising the
grain prices. Poor countries in low land areas, already suffering from food
shortages and being unable to store food, would have serious problems when hit
by extreme weather. Ocean acidification combined with warming and related
impacts will endanger dozens of sea lives such as corals, shellfish, and
shrimps.
There are many obstacles to climate change mitigation. First
of all, in addition to the fact that even if we stop using oil right now it is
difficult to stop the climate change, fossil fuel production is slated to
continue over the next ten years. The industry just moves on to help increase
CO2 emissions. Also, the wealthier, who have the power to save lives, have no
will to give it a go on climate change policies mainly as the impact is felt
less by them than it is felt by the poor. Last not but least, driven by
competition and expansion, corporations and countries keep wasting time and
resources that would be effectively used to save future lives if used
cooperatively.
As the quote in this passage goes, no one on this planet
will be untouched by the climate change. Everyone lives in the air, water, and biodiversity
which are linked together. It seems that the situation has reached to the point
where even the most ruthless cannot afford to keep making little of the climate
change predictions and abusing life and resources while the system stays unchanged.
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