CONFLICT AND WAR

Wars, battles, and other domestic or international conflicts, whether armed or diplomatic, are often
the outcome of a dispute over natural resources or a struggle for power, influence, and wealth.
It is widely accepted that the security and peace in nations depends on the security and stability in
the world. With the growing interdependency in the present globalized world, the actions of one
state have the capacity to influence and alter the actions and policies of other states. And, not
surprisingly, a threat in one part of the world is now capable of challenging the peace and stability of
far-flung countries.
Unfortunately, environmental, social and economic challenges are not by any means the only
sources of risk to humanity. Close international interdependence and the emergence of an integrated
global economy, the growing sophistication and destructive power of weapons systems (including
nuclear weapons) have drastically expanded the scale of the losses in human lives.
The United Nations was created in 1945 above all else “to save succeeding generations from the
scourge of war” - to ensure that the horrors of the World Wars were never repeated.
How does war affect a person?
Death, injury, malnutrition, illness, and disability are some of the most threatening physical
consequences of war, while post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression, and anxiety are some
of the emotional effects.
Military activity has significant impacts on the environment. Not only can war be destructive to the
socioenvironment, but military activities produce extensive amounts of greenhouse gases (that
contribute to anthropogenic climate change).
In conclusion we can say that the war is not a solution for a political dispute, as it affects the entire
society

CLIMATE CHANGE
Climate change is a big environmental problem that has become critical in last couple of decades.
Well what exactly is climate change?
Climate change is defined as a long term change in the Earth’s overall temperature with massive and
permanent ramifications. Climate scientists believes that this isn’t caused naturally by the earth but
by human activity. Earth’s atmosphere consists of gases such as oxygen and nitrogen and others
gases known as greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide (CO2), nitrous oxide and methane. Incoming
light from the sun hits the Earth’s surface. The Earth absorbs some of that energy heating the surface
of the planet. The rest of that energy gets reflected. Some of that energy goes back into space but the
greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide trap the energy and send it right back to the Earth’s surface
heating it up even more. This is known as the greenhouse effect. Now a little greenhouse effect is
natural and it is a good thing to have but a large greenhouse effect can be catastrophic causing a lot
of that energy to stay in our atmosphere and heat up the earth at an accelerating rate.
Some of the main human activity that emits greenhouse gases are fossil fuel burning, animal’s
agriculture and deforestation and waste and recycle pollution. Burning fossil fuel like coal, oil and
natural gas are some of the largest pollutants of carbon emissions.
The practice of deforestation in agriculture purposes leads not only to the emission of greenhouse
gases but also it gets rid of plants, trees and forests- the things on our planet that actually absorbs
carbon dioxide. The more we deforest our earth the less carbon dioxide it can absorb from
atmosphere.
Rising temperatures makes the earth’s oceans become warmer. Since the oceans are becoming
warmer the polar ice caps are melting. The oceans with too much water lead to coastal regions get
flooded and destroyed. Climate changes also causes more frequent and intense natural disasters such
as hurricanes, floods, tornadoes.
So the question is how do we stop this?
Instead of burning fossil fuel we need to convert to renewable energy such as solar and wind power
which emit zero carbon emissions when operating.
But how can I help personally right now?
1. You can drive an electric car. If you can’t afford that you can walk or run the bike, take public
transportation.
3. Air dry your clothes instead of using power guzzling machine like dryers.
4. Turn off lights when you’re not using them.
6. Reduce, reuse, recycle
7. And of course spread your knowledge and concerns of climate change