Are We Morally Responsible for Halting Global Warming?

Running head: ARE WE MORALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR HALTING GLOBAL WARMING?
ARE WE MORALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR HALTING GLOBAL WARMING?
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1ARE WE MORALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR HALTING GLOBAL WARMING?
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The notable factor of the environment that is observed today is the change in climatic
condition. From experts such as scientists to the ordinary people will agree that the earth’s rising
temperature is rising and fueling hotter and longer heat waves (McGlade and Ekins 2015).
Although it is an environmental phenomenon, humans hold primary responsibility for halting
global warming. Today, I aim to speak the reasons that make us responsible for rising
temperature and make us accountable for halting global warming.
The global conversation that used to be on over warming of the planet has certainly taken
the broader shape of climate change. According to Gough (2015), any action on climate change
now confronts serious responsibility on human, as for year the primary reason that lead to the
emission of greenhouses gases and carbon dioxide are only done by humans. The relationship
between individual emission and climatic change is directly related, and therefore, it is morally
wrong to do something that would contribute to global warming. Ethics are relevant when it
comes to climate change. Climate justice is important, and people should consider the moral
reasons that address global warming. It is substantially harmful to not only the environment but
also the human and nonhuman world.
Scientifically the occurrence of global warming can be explained when carbon dioxide
and other greenhouse gases get collected in the atmosphere and absorb sunlight and solar
radiation which have bounced off the earth’s surface. In a normal situation, the radiation would
escape into space (Hughes et al. 2017). However, these pollutants are capable of lasting for years
in the atmosphere, and while they remain in the atmosphere, they trap the heat making the planet
get hotter. The planet’s average surface temperature has risen nearly 1.62 degrees Fahrenheit