We are living in a world, which is soon to be swallowed by Carbon dioxide. And who is responsible for that? Obviously, we the human beings. A recent study warns that the CO2 emission is increasing rapidly. Perhaps, it’s much more than what we can think of. Carbon emission caused by UK consumers increased by almost a fifth between 1992 and 2004.
The data revealed by the research team is a big headache indeed. The amount of carbon dioxide emissions by the UK consumers have been increased by more than 115 million tones, that is from 646.8 million tones to 762.4 million tones. This is a result of overall increase in the amount of products consumed, as well as because of the shift of production from UK to other countries where production involved a higher carbon output such as China. This is largely due to the manufacturing process and transport of products such as electronic good, clothes, and use of gas and electricity etc. Carbon footprints at all the places production and consumption were taken into consideration. Carbon emission in the UK that was measured under the UN’s Kyoto Protocol on reducing greenhouse gases decreased by 5% from within these 12 years, but on the other hand, consumer-related emissions rose 18%.
What we need at this time is, a well-planned manufacturing process that would require less CO2 emission. But each country needs to cooperate in making it meaningful. All the resources are not equally available in all the parts of the world. For example heavy manufacturing work of clothes goes on in China, but that requires more CO2 emission to the environment. According to Thomas Wiedmann, the research associate at the Stockholm Environment Institute at York University,
In an increasingly globalised market all economies need to play their part in reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
We hope that this sort of view, if made effective can bring some pause in the rapid emission of Carbon into the environment. After all, we have only one world to live in. Then why not share our part of responsibility in keeping it clean.
Source: independent