Global Climate Change as an Emerging Challenge for the Hospitality Industry

GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE TABLE OF CONTENTS

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CLIMATE CHANGE DEFINED .3

DETAILS OF CLIMATE CHANGE .3

HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF CLIMATE CHANGE .4

EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE .6

STRATEGIES TO CONTROL CLIMATE CHANGE .8

MY CRITICAL VIEWS ON GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE .10

REFERENCES .13

CLIMATE CHANGE DEFINED

Climate change pertains to the deviation in the global temperature through a course of time . It portrays the alterations in the standard condition of the atmosphere for a particular period of time , extending from years to centuries

. It has been determined that climate change is the result of various courses , both internal and external with respect to the planet . The phrase climate change has lately been applied to issues of environmental planning strategies and approximately 90 - 95 of this variation has been attributed to human activities . This human derived concept has then been categorized as anthropogenic climate change and the media has then presented this phenomenon as global warming . Other non-governmental agencies have also referred to this occurrence as climate variability . In this , climate change and global warming will be used interchangeably to refer to the increase in temperature of the Earth 's atmosphere

DETAILS OF CLIMATE CHANGE

Climate change pertains to the increase in temperature of the atmosphere based on the entrapment of gases that are emitted from activities on the surface of the earth . The increase in temperature is a direct result of the greenhouse effect , which involves heat that originated from the sun which is entrapped within the atmosphere due to several factors Scientists have determined that the atmosphere 's temperature has increased since the industrial revolution , which has maximized the use of chemicals in manufacturing various kinds of materials in industry

There are four principal gases that have been identified to be primarily responsible for the onset of global warming . Carbon dioxide (CO2 ) is accountable for approximately half of the greenhouse gases in the atmosphere (Pearson and Palmer , 2000 . This gas is a by-product of fossil fuel combustion , which involves burning of coal , natural gas and oil . It is also generated from deforestation activities , which have increased for expansion of industrialization areas . Trees utilize carbon dioxide in their photosynthetic reactions , but it there are fewer trees in the environment , less CO2 is removed from the atmosphere leaving the environment with excess amounts of CO2 . Another gas that has been determined to be responsible for global warming is chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs , which are the primary constituent of plastics and aerosols , as well as refrigerants in air conditioners Chlorofluorocarbons make up approximately 25 of the greenhouse gases in the atmosphere . Thirdly , methane gas (CH4 , which comprises approximately 12 of the greenhouse gases , is also accountable for global warming . Methane gas is released during the decay of organic matter , as well as in the stomachs of cattle , sheep and termites , yet most of the gas is currently generated by industrial companies . Lastly nitrous oxide (N2O ) is responsible for approximately 6 of the greenhouse gases . It is a by-product of industries , as well as...