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The Kyoto Protocol's origins in European Union advocacy

Kyoto Protocol and the European Union have a long and important connection. The Protocol was designed to reduce carbon emission and grew out of the United Nations Framework on Climate Change.

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Global warming impacts on coastal cities and rising sea levels

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has found evidence derived from all over the world which shows people, plants and animals are being affected by regional climate changes, especially increases in temperature.

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Global warming's effects on ecosystems and human communities

Studies have shown that human activities like burning of fossil fuels and deforestation have a great impact on our planet, causing emissions of greenhouse gases and determining changes in the climate system: heat waves, increases in rainfall, increase in intensity of many extreme climate events,…

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Brain-friendly instructional practices and principal leadership in schools

Laura Erlauer-Myrah (2006) entitled "Applying brain-friendly instructional practices: one principal's advice: start with a group of motivated teachers to plant the seeds of climate change," the various approaches of successfully implementing a successful learning experience to the students are…

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The Chernobyl and Fukushima disasters: nuclear power's risks and benefits

There are positives and negatives with any energy source that humankind chooses to utilize. Coal, for example, emits pollutants that contribute to climate change, whereas hydropower can disrupt river flows and place man-made obstacles in the way of river life.

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Greenhouse gas emissions and their effects on global warming

Global warming is the trend with which temperatures across the globe are increasing beyond the range of normal fluctuations. The effects of global climate change are real and will result in serious consequences for the generations to come if nothing is done to solve this problem.

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A world president's plan to address global challenges through four key pillars

Hunger, war, poverty, human rights abuses, incurable diseases, climate change, drug abuse (most particularly amongst the youth) just to name but a few are some of the real problems we face as global citizens today.

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Solar energy as a renewable alternative to fossil fuels

The threats posed by our relationship to energy has given rise to some devastating results on a global and a personal scale like human-induced climate change, famine, poverty and cycles of deforestation; all these while on our overzealous appetite search for energy.

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Sustainable farming practices and food safety in American agriculture

However, there are many concerns about our food source, including genetically modified crops, the use of more chemicals, and climate change just name a few. Give examples of how humans have increased their food supply and what effects these methods have on the environment overall.

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International cooperation mechanisms for addressing global challenges

Global cooperation is what is needed to solve many problems faced by different states globally, among these problems are financial meltdown, climate change, and nuclear proliferation among other problems that are urgent.

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