...“Climate is the average state of the atmosphere and the underlying land or water in a particular region over a particular time scale.” (Ebi. pg. 1319) Climate change can affect people in poverty. It impacts human health and can cause long term effects on your life. Climate Change can cause air borne diseases, waterborne illnesses your body to change temperatures, mental health issues, and even cause fires. Poverty also increases the risk of human health due to climate change. People in poverty do not have enough money to afford heat or air conditioning. They also do not have money for good health care when they become sick. They often barely have enough money to afford over the counter prescriptions. The cost of doctors fees can be hard...
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...and human-made causes of climate change visible in the computer simulation. According to the computer model, how have sources of heat-trapping pollution changed from 1750 to today? How does the simulation predict they will change by 2050? The sources of heat-trapping pollution, carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide have grown since 1750 to today and pushed up the temperature from 57ᵒF to 59ᵒF and by 2050 the temperature rose to 63ᵒF showing an even higher increase of pollution in a shorter span of years. These three sources occur naturally and are also produced by human acts. According to the simulation’s prediction, carbon dioxide and nitrous oxide pollution in 1750 were most dominant with carbon dioxide in the lead, while methane was attributing the least amount of heat-trapping pollution. The simulation’s prediction of heat-trapping pollution in today’s world showed an increase in heat-trapping pollution build-up within the atmosphere and like before the sources were carbon dioxide (more dominant) and nitrous oxide; methane remained at a low concentration as before. By the year 2050, according to the simulation, the heat-trapping pollution increased at a higher significant rate than 1750 and today by 2050. In fact all three sources of heat-trapping pollution seemingly were at an even level in the polluted air. 2. According to the computer model and your readings, which source(s) of heat-trapping pollution contribute the most to climate change? Explain. The sources...
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...Climate Change Awareness, Impacts and Academic Performance of Public High School Students in Cavite A Master's Thesis presented to the Faculty Of the Graduate School and Open Learning College Cavite State University ICLIMATE CHANGE AWARENESS, IMPACTS AND ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN CAVITE INTRODUCTION The earth’s climate is the result of rapid changes that occur on earth for over the past hundred years. This climate’s condition is actually very vital in the daily living of the people, as its impacts and effects to all parts of the world; as well as to the people living on earth. Climate change is the state where there are climate variations that result to great impacts on human activity. In this connection, the impacts of climate change on the study habits of the students have caught the attention of the concerned sectors of the government in every country. One of the effects of climate change is drought, which results into the growing need of food sustainability in many areas of a country. It adversely affects the students’ learning and other performances in the school. Naturally, drought and natural disasters reduce the opportunities of the students to acquire knowledge from the schools; since there is always postponement of classes whenever there is a strong typhoon and flood occurs in the country. Moreover, during disasters, many families do not have source of income or financial resources that gives great impact to the children...
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...Wherever fracking takes place, the people and community around the site can be affected. If affects many people because it uses an enormous amount of water, can contaminate safe drinking water, contributes to global warming, pollutes the air, and the most recent concern is triggering Earthquakes (Lallanilla). It is damaging to humans because it is slowing beginning to affect public health: The financial impact of ozone smog caused by fracking on public health has been estimated at $1,648 per ton of nitrous oxide (NOx) and volatile organic compounds (VOCs). In the Dallas-Fort Worth region, the average public health cost amounts to more than $270,000 per day during the summer, while in Arkansas, the nearly 6,000 tons of NOx and VOCs emitted in 2008 would impose an annual public health cost of roughly $9.8 million. (“The Cost”) Benzene, a carcinogen, has been found to be released into the air because of fracking; affecting people living close to these sites (Lallanilla). Along with this substance, research has shown people living nears these sites can have problems with reproduction, development, and runs the risk to develop asthma (Lallamilla). “Hydraulic fracturing has been going on since around the 1940s. According to Brantley and Meyendorff, approximately one million wells have been fracked in America alone since the 1940s. Fracking also affects the people because it is not a cheap task and sometimes the fracking industry...
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...Assignment on- “What are the interactions between Climate Change & Multinational Enterprise?” [pic] [pic] Prepared For Md. Mamoon Al Bashir Lecturer Department of Business Administration East West University Prepared By Group Members: Ziniya Tabassum Anwar (2010-2-10-031) Ahsan M Rahik (2010-2-10-099) Najnin Akhter (2010-2-10-079) Anower Kabir Duke (2008-3-10-030) Farjana Akter Parul (2010-2-10-100) Course Code: ITB 301 Course Title: International Business Section-5 Submission Date 24/07/2013 [pic] EAST WEST UNIVERSITY Letter of Transmittal 24 July, 2013 Md. Mamoon Al Bashir Lecturer Department of Business Administration East West University Subject: Submission of Assignment on “What are the interaction between Climate Change and Multinational Enterprise?” Dear Sir, It is a great pleasure and privilege to present the assignment titled “What are the interaction between Climate Change and Multinational Enterprise” which was assigned to us as a partial requirement for the completion of this course ITB 301 (International Business). Throughout the study we have tried with the best of our capacity to accommodate as much information and relevant issues as possible and tried to follow the instructions as you have suggested. We tried our best to make this assignment as much informative as possible. We sincerely believe that it will satisfy your requirements. We however sincerely believe that this...
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...Assignment on- “What are the interactions between Climate Change & Multinational Enterprise?” [pic] [pic] Prepared For Md. Mamoon Al Bashir Lecturer Department of Business Administration East West University Prepared By Group Members: Ziniya Tabassum Anwar (2010-2-10-031) Ahsan M Rahik (2010-2-10-099) Najnin Akhter (2010-2-10-079) Anower Kabir (2008-3-10-030) Farjana Akter Parul (2010-2-10-100) Course Code: ITB 301 Course Title: International Business Section-5 Submission Date 24/07/2013 [pic] EAST WEST UNIVERSITY Letter of Transmittal 24 July, 2013 Md. Mamoon Al Bashir Lecturer Department of Business Administration East West University Subject: Submission of Assignment on “What are the interaction between Climate Change and Multinational Enterprise?” Dear Sir, It is a great pleasure and privilege to present the assignment titled “What are the interaction between Climate Change and Multinational Enterprise” which was assigned to us as a partial requirement for the completion of this course ITB 301 (International Business). Throughout the study we have tried with the best of our capacity to accommodate as much information and relevant issues as possible and tried to follow the instructions as you have suggested. We tried our best to make this assignment as much informative as possible. We sincerely believe that it will satisfy your requirements. We however sincerely believe that this...
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...CLIMATE CHANGE Climate change is a substantial change in a regions average weather patterns including average temperature, precipitation, and wind. Global warming cause our ecosystem has been disrupted and the earth’s climate is currently changing at a record speed. Global warming make the temperature of earth is rising. This does not mean that earth will become tropical; but the climate will warming some places and cooling others. Greenhouse gases and other anthropogenic dark particles in our atmosphere are a direct link to global warming and climate change. Burning fossil fuels for energy is the worlds leading man-made contribution.The second major contributor to the increase of greenhouse gases is deforestation. Deforestation accounts for 15% of carbon dioxide emissions according to the recent Union of Concerned Scientist (UCS) report, which is 5% less then the 2007 report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Other human activities producing greenhouse gases are: polluted oceans, dirty snow, not recycling, landfills and wastelands, and urbanization to name a few. Climate change will affect all aspects of our lives from our health and safety to our finances and global economic structure.Occupying 71% of the earth’s surface, oceans play a fundamental part in maintaining the balance of global climates. Changes in wind patterns along with other factors are causing altered ocean currents and circulation. These currents and circulations are collectively known...
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...total set of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions caused by an organization, event, product or person. My carbon footprint is 82% of comparable households. I am the same as an average U.S. household also. It however is 407% of the global average. My footprint is most dependant on shopping. I am higher on average shopping than both the similar the average US household and US household. My transportation brings down the average though because I don’t really fly in a plane. I might fly once every two years so my transportation emissions are down. Two things that I can change to reduce my carbon efficiency are changing my diet and purchase green electricity. Changing my diet would save me tons of money and purchasing green electricity would save about 6.31 tons. Other things that I can do that won’t have as big impact but can still help are carpooling, and adjusting my thermostat in the winter and summer. Something I would change if it were available to me right now is getting an electric car. Electric cars are too much money at this point but if it were available to me for a lower price it would save money on gas and save the environment. Also in the future I will be moving out of my house to a shared apartment and will use less of everything because I will be on more of a budget. Individual Carbon Footprint A carbon footprint is a measure of the total amount of CO2 emitted within a specific area and including greenhouse gases emitted through transportation, square...
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...Environmental Issues on Global Health Seven Environmental Issues Complete the following chart by identifying seven environmental issues that affect global health. In the second column, describe in complete sentences how the issue affects global health. |Environmental issue |How does the issue affect global health? | |Overpopulation |Fertile land, clean water, and all natural resources are disappearing at a phenomenal | | |rate. (Donatelle 2010) | | | | | |Overpopulation is believed to be responsible for most of the current stress being put on | | |the environment. | | |As populations increase, resources become scarce. In many parts of the world, governments | | |struggle to meet the needs of the increasing numbers of citizens. | |Air pollution |Indoor and outdoor air pollution Such as Smog and other forms of air pollution have a | | ...
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...SUSTAINABILITY CONSUMPTION AND WASTE; Marketing to Change Societal Impact through Education for Lifestyle Change By George L. Gonzales SUB 6520 Sustainable Marketing Alliant International University Marshall Goldsmith School of Management Dr. Ute Jamrozy "A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in." - Greek Proverb Marketing to Change Societal Impact through Education for Lifestyle Change I will attempt to describe the amount of material waste in relation to economic consumption, and through educational marketing implicate the societal impact of current consumption lifestyles, leaving one conclusion - to change consumption patterns. Awareness-building, as a behavioral change mechanism that questions individual self awareness of how an individual’s thinking and activities affect the climate, natural environment and social well-being. Increasing knowledge and understanding on global warming and ecological degradation and social and political distress should influence people to take a positive position on sustainability issues and take action. Doppelt, (2008). The action must come from the stakeholders at risk; the citizen-consumer, industry and government. Awareness-building is a proactive behavioral change mechanism that can be manifested with an organized marketing effort. In problem solving, “a basic level of understanding of the problem and solutions...
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...and ethics in an organisation. By Student’s Name University name Date Abstract An ethical climate is part of the whole organizational climate and means the mutual perceptions of how ethical issues should be dealt with and what ethically right behavior. Olson defines ethical climate as the personal perceptions of the institute that affects behavior and attitudes and functions as a reference for the action of employee’s (Collins & Porras, 2000, p, 83). Attention to healthcare and nursing ethics has come up due to a heightened awareness of the effects and complexity of ethical issues in health care environs. Ethical climate can affect the beliefs and behavior of employees when challenging patient care difficulties are debated and resolved in work settings. Numerous studies have revealed the power of hospital ethical climates on job satisfaction, stress, turnover intentions, and ethics. Thus, it seems imperative to come up with valid measures so as to raise the standards of the ethical climate in health care institutions. Ethical climate survey Various self-assessment questionnaires have been established to determine the ethical climate in hospitals and health care settings. The most extensively used assessments are the Hospital Ethical Climate Survey (HECS) prepared in the United States by Olson (Kent, 2002, p.78). HECS recognizes five subscales in the ethical climate of hospitals and has good psychometric properties. Different cultures and countries including Turkey...
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...same time, those numbers also tell us how much our environment have been affected by the pollution from them. Although, cars seem to be the most convenient method of transportation, should we have a more reliable public transportation, I believe people would opt out from using a car to move around. Motor vehicles have also been extremely relied on in the work force; trucking for example, contributes greatly to the country’s import and export, goods’ transportation, etc. It does sound like motor vehicles were the best machine ever invented but because of the excessive use of them, great damage has been done to our atmosphere. (U.S. Federal Highway Administration, U.S. Census Bureau, Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2012) Motor Transportation and the Environment How do vehicles affect our environment? Because of the amount of chemicals and gases that vehicles release, they are the biggest contributor of air pollution. It is no doubt that the automotive industry is critical to the U.S. economy growth but it is also the primarily cause of air pollution in the nation. Having so many vehicles in our roads producing fossil from its motors, is also a critical component of the high levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, poisoning our environment, health and causing changes in the climate which results in the buildup of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. According to Frances Beinecke, the impact of global climate change extends beyond...
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...Paije Rush Professor Zeugin Workshop 100 December 8, 2011 “What Curves Our Thoughts?” How does Mooney intend to influence his audience /readers? People are conditioned by a lifetime of learning. Chris Mooney, author of “The Science of Why We Don’t Believe in Science”, explores how difficult it would be for people to accept new information. When a person is confronted with facts that challenge a long-held belief, the result is a strong defense to their position, a process called “motivated-reasoning” in which people may instead be ‘rationalizing’. Rationalizing can help explain how, as a society; we can remain bias over issues for which there are loads of evidence and information. This article is important based on the various perspectives of the learning process such as the president vaccine wars, science on climate changes, and global warming issues. Mooney uses these perspectives to his advantage to persuade his audience on the independence of beliefs and how it affects our thoughts. The theory behind “motivated reasoning” is that pre-existing beliefs, far more than any new facts brought to peoples’ attention tend to skew our thinking processes. These pre-existing thoughts color people’s most passionate and seemingly logical conclusions and beliefs. Mooney states, “‘Motivated-reasoning’ helps explain why we find groups so polarized over matters where the evidence is so unequivocal.”(pg.2) Mooney takes the time to not only cite organizations...
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...EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON WOMEN Introduction Definition of basic terms What is Weather? The term weather describes the state of the air at a particular place and time – whether it is warm or cold, wet or dry, and how cloudy or windy it is, for example. It affects many of the things that we do, from the clothes we wear and the food we eat, to where we live and how we travel. As a result, the weather is of great interest to people everywhere, from meteorologists, the scientists who study it in great depth, to you and I in our everyday lives. In fact, one of the main topics of conversation is often what the weather will do next the .Weather is very changeable and unpredictable. What is Climate? The normal pattern of weather experienced in a particular area over a long period of time is known as the climate. The climate tells us how hot, cold or wet it is likely to be in different parts of the world at different times of year. For example, tropical countries have hot climates and the Antarctic has a cold climate. The climate may include four seasons a year - spring, summer, autumn and winter - or a wet and a dry season. Our climate depends on our position on the earth and our distance from the sun. We will learn more about this in the Days and Seasons section. What is weather forecasting? Weather experts use computer technology and data from stations and satellites all over the world to predict the weather. By carefully monitoring weather conditions it is possible to predict...
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... Mikelle Justin L. Raiz Aicon R. Villanueva BSBA 1-7 What is climate change? Climate change is a long-term shift in the statistics of the weather (including its averages). For example, it could show up as a change in climate normal’s (expected average values for temperature and precipitation) for a given place and time of year, from one decade to the next. We know that the global climate is currently changing. The last decade of the 20th Century and the beginning of the 21st have been the warmest period in the entire global instrumental temperature record, starting in the mid-19th century. Climate change, also called global warming, refers to the rise in average surface temperatures on Earth. An overwhelming scientific consensus maintains that climate change is due primarily to the human use of fossil fuels, which releases carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases into the air. The gases trap heat within the atmosphere, which can have a range of effects on ecosystems, including rising sea levels, severe weather events, and droughts that render landscapes more susceptible to wildfires. Climate change is a large-scale, long-term shift in the planet's weather patterns or average temperatures. Earth has had tropical climates and ice ages many times in its 4.5 billion years. So what's happening now? Since the last ice age, which ended about 11,000 years ago, Earth's climate has been relatively stable at about 14 °C. However, in recent years, the average temperature...
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