Emerging Trends in Environmental Engineering CDM and Carbon Trading

Abstract

Climate change is a highly complex problem which has the potential to impact every sphere of life. If left unchecked, its impact on people and ecosystems could be drastic. In recent years, abnormal weather such as droughts, EI Nino, hurricane Katrina and heavy rains have been commonly observed around the world. Temperatures at the planetpsilas surface increased by an estimated 0.8 OC between 1900 and 2005. The past decade was the hottest on record during the last 150 years, and 2005 was the hottest year of the last 150 years. Sea levels haver isen by 10 to 20 cm during the same time while both the north and south poles have lost some of its glaciers. Scientists claim that the rising emission of greenhouse gases (GHGs), a byproduct of burning fossil fuel, is the main cause of such phenomena.