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The casual and progressive destruction of the
world's environment is a topic which has promoted
extensive debate and some cautious introduction of
new laws. The main "culprit" in such destruction is
accused of being climate change which prompted the
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"United Nations
Secretary-General Kofi Annan has warned that
climate change, "may well be the global
challenge", for the next generation, and it
is widely acknowledged as the world's most
serious global environmental problem.
Climate change refers to changes in the
weather system caused by global warming,
which in turn is caused by emissions of
gases from industry and other sources that
trap the sun's heat. Evidence for climate
change is streaming in at an alarming rate.
A complete list of the effects we can expect
is sobering: melting icecaps, raising sea
levels, flooding of coastal cities,
destruction of coral reefs and rainforests, |
damage to agriculture and
infrastructure, food shortages, spread of
waterborne diseases such as malaria,
increased droughts, floods, hail storms and
fires. In a draft report compiled by the
Department of Environmental Affairs and
Tourism, for example a group of SA's
prominent scientists state that up to
two-thirds of animal species in the Kruger
Park could disappear by 2015 because of the
droughts caused by global warming. Droughts
and water shortages are likely to hurt SA
the most as climate change sets in." * |
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* By S. Habbits (advisor in
the field of behavior in emissions and
climate change at KPMG sustainability
services) published in the Sunday Times
Business Times August 25 2002. |
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It is therefore our commitment to promote
technologies which impact directly on the prevention
of global warming and the reduction of effects
caused directly by climate change. Furthermore,
through our training programs, Geecom aims to
empower each person to have a personal motivation in
ensuring that pollution prevention equipment in
their care, functions properly at all times. |
