The Global Concern
The global Concern
By Shadi Badawood
The global warming phenomenon is one of the most controversial global issues in globalization era, and it has changed the world’s agenda, it has made scientists and many others to predict, undertake research and explore facts which might be inconvenient. Marlo Lewis, a Senior Fellow at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, wrote a critique of “An Inconvenient Truth”, which states that Al Gore, former vice president of the United States of America, has exaggerated the need for renewable energy as a solution for global warming by saying that “ Al Gore forecasts an increase in U.S. renewable energy production during 19902030 more than twice that projected by the U.S. Energy Information Administration” (Lewis, 2006). Lewis also claims that Al Gore was wrong when he said that people in some areas would evacuate their homes due to the rising of sea level, especially in Tuvalu. Lewis described the Kyoto Protocol as an unhelpful treaty which would increase problems rather that creating effective solutions for nations around the world and most policies in long term would be a “cure” worse than the alleged disease in the issue of global warming. Lewis believes that the global integration among nations would not make that efficient progress to face the global warming, as long as leading countries such as the United States of America have not taken a serious action, and carbon cuts should not be our top priority. But can this pessimistic point of view solve the problem or lead the world to look for further solutions? However, the world has become more interdependent in the globalization matter in order to solve the common problems and remove barriers among nations, not only that but also most international organizations, unions and agreements may play a major role in global issues whether in developing or developed countries, moreover individuals should work together in groups to curb the global warming effects and let globalization
By Shadi Badawood
The global warming phenomenon is one of the most controversial global issues in globalization era, and it has changed the world’s agenda, it has made scientists and many others to predict, undertake research and explore facts which might be inconvenient. Marlo Lewis, a Senior Fellow at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, wrote a critique of “An Inconvenient Truth”, which states that Al Gore, former vice president of the United States of America, has exaggerated the need for renewable energy as a solution for global warming by saying that “ Al Gore forecasts an increase in U.S. renewable energy production during 19902030 more than twice that projected by the U.S. Energy Information Administration” (Lewis, 2006). Lewis also claims that Al Gore was wrong when he said that people in some areas would evacuate their homes due to the rising of sea level, especially in Tuvalu. Lewis described the Kyoto Protocol as an unhelpful treaty which would increase problems rather that creating effective solutions for nations around the world and most policies in long term would be a “cure” worse than the alleged disease in the issue of global warming. Lewis believes that the global integration among nations would not make that efficient progress to face the global warming, as long as leading countries such as the United States of America have not taken a serious action, and carbon cuts should not be our top priority. But can this pessimistic point of view solve the problem or lead the world to look for further solutions? However, the world has become more interdependent in the globalization matter in order to solve the common problems and remove barriers among nations, not only that but also most international organizations, unions and agreements may play a major role in global issues whether in developing or developed countries, moreover individuals should work together in groups to curb the global warming effects and let globalization
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