science and technology

Running Head : science and technology Managing the problems of climate change is not the responsibility of developed nations only . Do you agree

One of the most important and defining issues of our time is the climate change . The climate is undoubtedly changing , and it is changing faster than many scientists thought it would , especially in the Arctic The majority of developing countries are in tropical or sub-tropical areas , areas predicted to be seriously affected by the impacts of the climate change . The impact has to a large extent used up the resources

of the earth it has polluted the air and the water and has affected life on the planet it has created a certain ecological imbalance too

It all started from the famous industrial revolution which lead to increased use of machinery and in turn populated the atmosphere . As we all know that it was the developed nations that started and benefited the most from this revolution so primarily the responsibility of tackling the issue now , should lie on their shoulders ! Global warming is one of the factors affecting the climate change . Within the last century carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has increased dramatically , increasing global temperature by 0 .6 Celsius . This again is an affect of the activities of the developed nations (Robert , 2008

On the other hand developing are often less able to cope with the adverse climate affects as poverty exacerbates , and is further exacerbated by the impacts of the environmental changes . Also because in developing...