Climate Change: Impact, Threats, and Opportunities for Economic and Technological Transformation

Climate change is causing frequent and intense weather patterns such as droughts, heat waves, and rising sea levels. It is the biggest threat to human prosperity and well-being, causing respiratory and cardiovascular diseases, injuries, and premature deaths. However, it also presents opportunities for economic and technological transformation in sectors such as clean energy, green building, and energy efficiency. Governments and businesses need to implement sustainability practices to reduce carbon emissions and save the environment.

Climate change

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Climate changes impact over world............................................................................................3
Climate change simultaneously presents the most significant threat to human prosperity and
well-being....................................................................................................................................4
Climate change provides the greatest opportunity for economic and technological
transformation in the 21st century...............................................................................................5
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................8

Climate changes impact over world
Climate change simply defined as long-term shifts and modifications in temperature and
weather patterns. This climate change subject is very huge and provides the depth understanding
which overall impact the world. Most frequent and intense climate changes results as drought,
heat waves, rising of sea level, storms, melting of glaciers and warming oceans as well (Smith
and Myers, 2018). Climate change is happening in today’s lifestyle in rapid manner only because
of carelessness of human creature. Human beings want their lifestyle to be very comfortable and

lavish which harms the nature and natural surroundings in wider manner and impacts the
environment. Human needs comfort and well-structured houses to live where they are cutting
down the trees and forests and making the houses, cafes, buildings and much more for their
comfort and increasing the deforestation in wider way. Not only this, there are many more
reasons which makes human beings to increase the level of harming the nature which now
started to impact the climate. With the action of human, global warming is also increasing day by
day and harming the ozone layer which risen up the temperature and rising of heat waves which
is associated with negative impacts on the natural environment and surroundings. However, it
has been identified and understood that the main key driver of the climate change is greenhouse
gases which harms the atmosphere in highly manner. Some gases in Earth’s atmosphere act bit
like a glass in green house, trapping the sun’s heat and stopping it to leak back into space and
causing the global warming.
There are many and different gases occur naturally but human activities increases the
concentrations of some of them in atmosphere such as Co2, methane, nitrous oxide and even
fluorinated gases (Cavicchioli and et.al., 2019). Thus, these gases are increasing in day to day
life with the human actions which harms the atmosphere in wider manner and impacting the
climate heavily. Co2 produced by human activities which is the largest contributor to global
warming. In year 2020, the atmosphere had risen up with the Co2 is about 48%above its pre-
industrial level. Thus, it simply understandable that with the human activities, the nature is get
harmed and leading to heavy amount of climate changes in the overall world which alternatively
again harming the human being in form of drought, flood, heavy heat waves, global warming and
such more. It is important to understand that each and individual person should protect the nature
and surroundings from which the entire world can be able to encourage the greenery and can
contribute to plantation and afforestation which will heal the ozone layer and recover the earth
from harmful activities by human creature. There are many countries, which are getting suffered
from drought and some by storms and cyclones. These all activities are done because of human
beings and their actions which also affecting the human life as well. From the researches, it has
been identified that there are many cases which has been founded where the human health and
well-being is impacted by the rapid climate changes and some of them leading to death as well.
However, it becomes important for an individual person to understand this concept in detailed

manner. Let’s understand how climate change presents the most significant threat to human
prosperity and well-being.
Climate change simultaneously presents the most significant threat to human prosperity and
well-being
Today, the entire world is getting impacted simultaneously by the climate changes which
started affecting the human health and well-being (Eckstein, Hutfils and et.al., 2018). It has been
known by an individual person that with the rapid changes of climate, their health and wellness
is getting harm and makes them weaker day by day. With the above mentioned statement which
expresses that climate change presents the most significant threat to human prosperity and well-
being is very accurate or can be said as appropriate. A life threating activity is occurring and
increasing day by day due to rapid changes of climate. In UK, public health is getting affected by
disruptions of physical, biological and ecological systems which harm their internal parts as well.
The health impact of these disruptions includes respiratory and cardiovascular diseases, injuries
and premature deaths related to extreme weather changes. The impact of climate change occurs
on different sectors of society. Drought can harm food, production and human health. Flooding
can lead to disease spread and damages to ecosystem and infrastructure. However, human health
issues can be increased which needs to be reduce and overcome on time and can save the living
life and living being as much as possible.
An individual should keep care of themselves which will be the best lifesaving activity
they can do in effective way. Climate changes puts a great impact over the health of a human
being and leads them to suffer from different kinds of diseases and health problems as well. For
example, increasing of heat waves harms the individual person health and make them to obtain
the skin allergies and rashes over the skin which makes them to get skin infection problems due
to climate changes (Lotze, Tittensor and et.al., 2019). Also, a increase of cold in atmosphere will
lead human being to not able to control the coldness in effective way and make them to suffer
from respiratory problems accordingly. However, climate change has become a significant threat
to human life and causes different kinds of health problems and issues. Climate change happens
due to human activities only and now harming themselves with their own actions. Thus, it
becomes important for an individual to understand that they have been required essentially to
reduce and overcome the harm to environmental and should promote the sustainability in the
surrounding which leads the nature to not get harmed in wider manner and can deliver the

appropriate outcome and results. Accordingly, in the below section will learn and understand the
opportunities for economic and technological transformation which takes place in 21st century
and supports the natural surroundings to be safe and secure from harmful activities by human
beings.
Climate change provides the greatest opportunity for economic and technological transformation
in the 21st century
From the above discussion, it has been known that climate change puts a great impact
over the entire world whereas it also put the impact over the economy of the world. Economy of
the world is nowadays is getting lower and lower because of rapid changes in climate and
environment and leads them to reduce the economy of the world. Economy is increasing and
maintained by different sectors which includes agriculture, business enterprises, infrastructure,
human health and productivity and even tourism. These all sectors have an affect of climate
change where it directly affects the economy of the world. For making the economy of the world
or each country in better way, people are required to understand the different areas of the
sustainability and actions which can help to overcome the huge impact of climatic changes.
Thus, it has been identified that in 21st century the climate change and opportunity are linked
with each other where rapid changes in nature can be overcome and reduced (Auffhammer,
2018). However, in 21st century the climate change is also giving the huge and different
opportunities to business people and growing and developing the economy of the world. The
project named Carbon disclosure reported that 225 of World's 500 biggest companies agree and
believes that climate change presents the $2.1 trillion business opportunities prospects and also
stated that there will be more opportunity in clean energy, green building and even energy
efficiency.
Looking at vehicle and transportation area, today hybrid and electric vehicles has been
produced and manufactured and expected to grow at definite level. Thus, as Arctic sea ice melts
and provided the new shipping lines for the trade and cutting of down the transportation time
which results the trade business to be grow and develop in successfully manner. The warming
Arctic could offer more prospects for oil and gas drilling in definite order. The innovation in this
contemporary century leading the organizations and businesses to grow in effective way and
drives the economy of the country and a world in successful manner. Accordingly, the Biotech
companies are developing new crops that are resistant to climate change impacts and

Pharmaceutical companies expect increased demand for drugs to combat diseases such as
malaria and dengue and other infectious diseases. The market for military equipment and private
security services may expand because the scarcity of resources could trigger civil unrest and
conflict. Also, solar panels are used by many people in country which encourages the energy
efficiency and overcome the usage of electricity in wider manner.
Today, people believes in using these panels for reducing the electricity and can save the
environment as much as they can and provides the opportunity to businesses to grow and
develop accordingly. In addition, it has been also identified that people avoids using coals for
generating the electricity and energy will help and support the environment to not get harm and
polluted in wider manner and can encourage the people to use solar panels at their office
premises and houses as well which will save the water and energy and consumption of electricity
will reduce accordingly (Unsworth and et.al., 2019). However, people should adopt and
implement the panels for the better growth opportunities of the businesses and save the
atmosphere as well. Today, in 21st century there are many and different organizations who are
bringing the innovation in the society from where the technological transformation takes place
and leads the business enterprises to grow and develop in definite manner.
Along with this, the government is also equally responsible for promoting and
encouraging the sustainability at the workplaces and society’s from where the appropriate
amount of result and outcome can be achieved and can make the nature and atmosphere to be
polluted free. Climate changes are happening in increasing manner where the government can
implement some relevant rules and regulations for the organization and industry to follow and
practices the sustainability at their premise in essential manner which will bring the innovation in
technologies for reducing the use of harmful games and chemicals which pollutes the
environment and develops rapid climate changes affect all over the world (Haines and Ebi,
2019). Thus, climate changes are affecting the entire nature but also providing the different
opportunities to different sectors of people like industrial areas, agricultural areas and travel and
tourism industry as well. Let’s understand with an example about business growth and
opportunities the organization can get and develop the economy of the world.
Example: The company Unilever is a multinational organization who deals in clothing,
footwear, home essentials, personal and beauty care products as well. Unilever is a well-known
organization and able to grow and develop themselves in wider and successful manner. Their

growth is depends on sustainability where the organization follows and practices the
sustainability at their workplace and also promote their brand by proper implementation of
sustainable design and development. Company produces the products and items will low carbon
emissions or no carbons which makes the environment to not get harm and can save the
atmosphere from carbon emissions. Also, the company avoid using plastic bags for carrying the
items and products for the customers and produces organic jute bag for the better convenience of
the customers to keep the products in jute bags (Van Tuijl, Hospers and et.al., 2018). Using and
implementing the sustainability practices makes the customer to shop their needs and
requirements from Unilever only because it encourages the sustainability and saving an earth by
their best efforts and hard work. Accordingly, in 21st century people are more concerned about
the nature an d their health where they understand the importance of the environment and only
buy the products which are sustainable and company who follows sustainability. From this
activity, the business growth is increasing day by day along with economy of the world.

REFERENCES
Books and Journals
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Cavicchioli, R., and et.al., 2019. Scientists’ warning to humanity: microorganisms and climate
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Eckstein, D., Hutfils, M.L. and et.al., 2018. Global climate risk index 2019. Who suffers most
from extreme weather events, p.36.
Lotze, H.K., Tittensor, D.P., and et.al., 2019. Global ensemble projections reveal trophic
amplification of ocean biomass declines with climate change. Proceedings of the National
Academy of Sciences, 116(26), pp.12907-12912.
Auffhammer, M., 2018. Quantifying economic damages from climate change. Journal of
Economic Perspectives, 32(4), pp.33-52.
Unsworth, R.K., and et.al., 2019. Global challenges for seagrass conservation. Ambio, 48(8),
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Haines, A. and Ebi, K., 2019. The imperative for climate action to protect health. New England
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Van Tuijl, E., Hospers, G.J. and et.al., 2018. Opportunities and challenges of urban agriculture
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