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Global Warming Prevention - Kyoto Protocol Update by Christophe Catesson

Global warming is something that we all have to take part in learning how to prevent, not only in the USA but throughout the entire world. We all play a part in contributing to global warming and the only way to help prevent the devastating effects is to work together.

Each government around the world is striving to develop a prevention plan that can help reduce the amount of emissions they are creating in the atmosphere and enhance what they are doing to contribute to the solution instead of the problem.

A U.S. Climate Policy has been created to help the citizens of the USA understand global warming, and to outline that there are actions which can be taken in order to make a difference. This policy consists of 3 different parts:

• Slowing the growth of emissions
• Strengthening the development of science and research studies
• Enhancing international cooperation

If we can take these policies and principles and put them into action we can begin to see results. This policy is only the beginning of what the government can and should be doing but it is a great start. The politicians within our government are working hard to stick to this policy and evaluate the industrial areas of our country to make sure they meet the requirements of the U.S. Climate Policy.

Since future generations are depending on us to make choices to rectify this devastating situation, every little effort counts. Our individual efforts are especially significant in countries like the US and Canada, where individuals release 10,000 pounds of carbon dioxide per person every year. The largest source of greenhouse gases is electric power generation. The average home contributes more to global warming than the average car. This is because much of the energy we use in our homes comes from power plants which burn fossil fuels to power our electric products.

The United States has agreed in principle to work with more than 180 other nations under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change to bring about the stabilization of greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous interference with our climate.

California, Florida, Hawaii, Minnesota, New Jersey, Oregon, and Washington have all enacted laws or established policies setting global warming pollution reduction targets, while states in both the Northeast and West have signed agreements to achieve regional targets. Now the U.S. Congress is considering several bills that propose a variety of global warming emissions reduction targets.

The cost of the Kyoto Protocol is estimated to cost each of the developed countries involved billions of dollars. This is a financial responsibility each government should be willing to take in order to do what they can for the environment. Just as when you go to the grocery store and find that organic foods are much more expensive than regular foods; governments are finding that the cost to reduce greenhouse gases is far more than increasing them.

This is one of the major problems our world has experienced; it is far easier to create these gases than it is to reduce them and this is exactly what we have been doing for centuries. It is reassuring to see that governments throughout the world are taking action but it is not nearly enough to stop the effects of global warming before they become devastating. Environmentalists and scientists are constantly working with government officials in order to come up with new, cost effective bills and legalities to reduce greenhouse gases.

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