Hi there everyone. Today I’ll talk on one of the world’s most preesing and whast I would say is often talked about especially in the Pacific, the topic of Climate Change.
Before I dig deep into this topic, it is important to know what climate change is and how it is caused.
The simplest di\efinion of this subject is that climae change is the change in adverse weather pattern which occur over a long period of time. The following link will elebrate more on the definition as well the cause of climate changehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHbxSYDqTR8
one of the main contributors to climate change is the increase in greenhouse gases into the atmosphere.
This is mainly due to factories and large industries that produce thick black smoke into the atmosphere which is then absorbed by the sun’s rays & ozone layer which leads to global warming.
Global warming has caused icebergs in the Atlantic ocean to melt which has led to forming clouds and falling as rain. The following link has more in-depth information on the effects of global warming as a cause of the melting icebergs.https://education.seattlepi.com/effect-global-warming-icebergs-4877.html
Another major cause that has links to both global warming and climate change is tropical cyclones.
Now, if you are wondering what a tropical cycle is ,then let me share some light on it.
Tropical cyclone is very intense low-pressure wind system, forming over tropical oceans and with winds of hurricane force https://www.google.com/search?
Furthermore, tropical cyclones use warm and moist air to generate.
This is why they only form over warm ocean waters near the equatorhttps://www.google.com/.
Fiji is one of the Paific Island nation’s located close to the equator which makes them which makes thwm vulnerable to tropical cyclones.
The Fiji group was hit by the bigest cyclone in the world named Tropical cyclone Winston, in 2016 which claimed 44 lives accross the country https://www.google.com/.
There’s one more interesting factor contributing to the effects of climate change, this is deforestration.
Deforestration is simply the cutting down of trees and leaving the land bare.
This causes soil to erode by the use of mechanisms such as wind, water, animals and hmans.
One way to fight climate change is through collectivism. By this I mean all relevant stakeholders whether be it governmental, non-governmental and civil society organization will have to work togeher to fight this pressing issue, especially the Pacific contries like Fiji who are facing the full brunt of the change in climate.
Wih the process of reafforestation, which is replanting of trees can help overcome the problem of deforestration and soil reosion.
As a Pacific islander, I feel the need for global dialogue is vital especislly having a collective voice of the Pacific where all Pacific Island sates come together as one and make their voices heard in the international arena.
Fiji’s Conference of Parties (COP) 23 Presidency in 2017 in Bonn, Germany is a good example of Small island states leading discussions on climate change.
Whether or how successful the COP23 was? Is another debatable question which I prefer to discuss at a later date.
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