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Those that doubt the above statement are invited to ask themselves , “ Why in this case is humanity doing nothing about global warming , when the impact on the planet from global warming has not only been scientifically explained to the world at large , climate change itself has already started wreaking havoc in many parts of the world . Deaths due to flooding or extreme temperatures has already crossed all previous levels . Studies carried out by Monash University and Shandong University predicts that global warming will cause over 5 million deaths . ( Ref : Lancet Planetary Health ).
Industrial Revolution and its aftermath
Till almost 1750 , the atmosphere around planet earth remained reasonably steady . The amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere was fairly low ( approximately0.01billiontonnes ). Thus , the global temperatures remained fairly steady . Over the next 90 years , from 1750 till around 1840 the world saw the Industrial revolution . This was the time that machines started doing a lot of what humans were doing in the past . These machines needed power to run . Thus came a large-scale consumption of coal , oil and gas . All these forms of hydrocarbons generated huge quantities of CO2 and the planet soon got enveloped in more and more carbon dioxide , which resulted in global warming on a massive scale . Between 1840and 1900 , the quantity of CO2 in the atmosphere increased six-fold . An alarmed world called for a concerted effort to curtail the amount of green-house gas emissions in an attempt to save the planet . By1979 , when the world conference for Climate Change was held at Geneva , the quantity of CO2 in the environment had alreadyincreased1900 times over the preindustrial revolution stage !
But the thirst for energy continued unabated . Around 1955 , the first Jackup Drilling Rigs made their entry on the world scene and started drilling for oil in the waters of the Gulf of Mexico .
But the thirst for energy continued unabated . Around 1955 , the first Jackup Drilling Rigs made their entry on the world scene and started drilling for oil in the waters of the Gulf of Mexico .
In 1992 , the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change ( UNFCCC ) was adopted and opened for signatures seeking to limit the green-house gas emissions . This was at the UN Conference on Environment and Development , also known as the World Climate Summit in Rio de Janeiro , Brazil . Since then , there have been repeated gathering of nations and increasingly strident calls to limit global warming by restricting Green House Gas ( GHG ) emissions . The land mark event occurred in Paris in December 2015 , ( finally signed off in November 2016 ) when a legally binding UN treaty was signed to limit global warming to well below2deg C , preferably 1.5 deg C above preindustrial levels . www . ojme . net