Climate Change

Recently, researchers have shown an increased interest in environmental issues. Global warming, which is increase in the temperature of earth’s atmosphere and leads to climate change, is one of them. The controversy about scientific evidence for climate change facts has raged unabated. There are many factors affect global warming such as overuse of technology and lack of social awareness. However, it can be seen that the significance of the issue is deemed by humanity. The purpose of this paper is to critically evaluate the statement that technological solutions alone cannot solve the problems of climate change. There are other alternative solutions such as business people responsibility, individual responsibility and wilderness conservation. This essay will limited itself to focus on practical solutions for global warming as an environmental issue.

First of all, in the area of business people responsibility, it can be argued that business leaders should be aware that their roles are extremely vital with related to global warming issue. Therefore, it is becoming difficult to ignore the importance of corporate social responsibility (CSR) concept, where it demands companies to consider individual and society benefits, so shareholders have to be compelled to apply it. The reason for that, there are a strong correlation between firms’ performances and climate change. In other words, business is one of the most main causes of global warming. Fortunately, many business people, nowadays, consider (CSR) concept positively. According to Wilkinson (2007), in 2000, 54% of executives believed that corporate responsibility was significant when they made their decisions, while there was a dramatic increase to 88% in 2005. Moreover, David Trewin, manager of business partnerships at the Department of Environment and Conservation (NSW), says that many more business people conceive that social responsibility should be embraced. However, some people see the situation differently,

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