Temasek Junior College 2D/06 -
Cultural Expert: Clare Chng,
Technological Expert: Jia Wei,
Economic Expert: Sonia,
Health & Environment Expert: Denise,
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; April 2007; May 2007



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Drastic changes in Europe
A recent report from the University of East Anglia for the European Union said that Europe could expect drastic climate changes by 2100.

Many farmers in Europe may have to rethink what crops to growBut apart from trying to reverse them, it said, Europe could to some degree learn to adapt.
The report's editor, Professor Martin Parry, of the Jackson Environment Institute at the university, said climate change was already measurable, and the extra greenhouse gases in the atmosphere would usher in a warmer, stormier world.
"It is imperative that we take the first steps to adapting to climate change now by factoring the coming effects into environmental and regional policies," he said.
Arguing that we should adapt to climate change is not popular with some campaigning conservationists.
They point out that it is an option which only rich countries can afford, and which other species cannot even consider.
Even so, it will probably play a growing part in the world's attempts to come to terms with warming.

Reflections...

It is known globally that out precious Earth is currently undergoing a drastic climate change. Attempts have been made to try and reverse the situation. Yet, I would say the majority of them are not effective.

Why?

Many country's governments are uncooporative about this issue as once they were to take climate change into consideration, the country's economy progress rate would be slowed. Even if the governemts were to pass laws restricting and strictly controlling the emissions of pollutants, it change would not be immediate as time would still be required.

Climate change as we know is brought about by Global Warming. This leads to the melting of ice caps thus causing sea levels to rise resulting to floods occurring in regions close to the sea. Also, Global Warming leads to prolonged El Nino resulting in drastic climate change in the tropical regions.

All this brings great harm to the environment and people who are unused to all these conditions. People may get sick due to the endless downpours and cold nights. Others, in the other part of the world may suffer from famine and droughts.

Yet, Europe have claimed that adapting to climate change would be good. I do not deny that adapting to it to a certain degree would be good. Because after all, the climate is changing and even if this process were to be reversed, it would still require time. However, if one were to adapt fully to climate change, hardly any attempts would be made to reverse it.

This would in turn lead to the eventual death of all.

Health and Environment Expert
Denise Lim