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The Challenge That Is Overcoming Climate Change

In India, global warming could be the next great obstacle to overcome. The risks associated with climate change across multiple sections of science and lifestyle were discussed by authorities in the field in India.

According to these individualized assessments, global warming could contribute to more than just environmental issues. These authorities stated that climate change could fuel issues of safety and social concern, such as terrorism and migration patterns.

There was also talk of other national superpowers assisting by contributing close to $100 billion towards the Green Climate Fund every year by 2020. However, even a monetary contribution of this size would not be enough to truly shift climate change, unless other action is also taken.

This statement comes at a time when India is finalizing its Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDC) report by the September 30 deadline. A representative stated that India wouldn’t restrict their overview of the INDC, but would use the reporting to best steer their sustainability goals.

What the INDC Reports Reveal

The cross-specializational group included input from authorities in climate science, finance, energy analysts, as well as military and security consultants. As brought up by the authors’ analysis of the situation, it is suggested that most of the effort used to conquer the problem be directed at eradicating climate change.

They advise that the solution includes proper risk assessment and active, direct efforts of lowering human contributions. These direct human responses contribute the most to the effects of climate change. Emissions were also part of the conversation on how to better combat these effects.

The report itself was a collaborated effort between multiple niversity-associated experts – Cambridge University Centre for the Study of Existential Risk, Harvard University Center for the Environment, Tsinghua University in China and the Council on Energy, Environment and Water from India. The report also includes recommendations on how to treat these risk assessments.

Post-Report Importance

It is important to note that the submissions to the INDC play a crucial part in understanding the goals and concerns of developing and developed countries alike. These comprehensive INDC reports also link the importance that other sections of science and lifestyle play in combatting climate change.

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India: $100 Billion Not Enough Alone to Combat Climate Change

As memories of Earth Day circa grade school are wont to remind us, pollution in our oceans has been one of the largest issues of the world"s largest environmental problems. - http://clapway.com/2015/06/02/earth-day-every-day-ambitious-young-dutchmens-ocean-123/

Oh, to be young and ambitious, and therefore necessary in the realm of saving the world.  With the ocean holding 5 trillion pieces of plastic within its vastness, it’s understandable why this 20-year-old Dutchman’s plan ocean cleanup plans would be regarded as ambitious. By that count (reminder: 5 trillion), it should also be understandable why Boyan Slat, founder and CEO of The Ocean Cleanup, finds cleaning the ocean absolutely imperative a cause.

The Latest in Ocean Cleanup Technology

Slat unveiled his grand plans for his organization to set off the world’s first ever system to remove plastic waste from ocean all around the globe. The Ocean Cleanup’s technology is the first of its kind. Its main components include  floating barriers spanning over a mile. This will make it the longest floating structure in the ocean. These floating barriers trap floating plastic debris in a funnel. Next, a conveyer belt picks this debris up.

What makes the Ocean Cleanup’s method revolutionary is its speed (7,900 times faster) and its cost-efficiency (33 times cheaper). Slat describes his ocean cleanup tech will contribute to cleaner waters, coasts, and toward the goal of cleaning up the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. Rancid as it sounds–and as good place as any to start–the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is a a gyre of oceanic debris in the central North Pacific Ocean.

The first of Slat’s ocean cleanup tech will be installed between Japan and South Korea to catch plastic debris heading toward the shores of Tsushima Island — hopefully by the second quarter of 2016.

Boylan Slat’s Version of Saving the World

Slat’s idea for his ocean cleanup goals and the innovative technology that could make it possible first came to him in 2012. He was only 16-years-old. In school at Delft University of Technology, Slat wrote a paper that turned out to be the beginnings of the concept of his Ocean Cleanup project. The final paper won Best Technical Design 2012 and several other awards.

As memories of Earth Day circa grade school are wont to remind us, pollution in our oceans has been one of the largest issues of the world’s largest environmental problems. Slat’s Ocean Cleanup tech could remove 7,250,000 tons of plastic debris from our world’s oceans. It may also save hundreds of thousands of marine mammals alone, preventing the sensitive biodiversity from breaking down. In case you’re ever looking for your every day real-life super hero, Boylan Slat could very well be your man.

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