Throughout time, climate change has been a part of Earth's history. Most of our planet's mass extinctions have occurred due to natural changes in the climate over time (while the dinosaurs didn't exactly disappear because it was especially hot out one day, and giant asteroids aren't really natural, their extinction was a natural part of Earth's evolution). From the sea-based microorganisms that began life, to the dinosaurs, to the Ice Age, global climate has played a massive role in all mass extinctions. What is so different and controversial about global warming at this point in time then? If it has happened before and is simply a typical part of Earth's agenda, why is it such a problem today?
Because it is not natural and is leading to the extinction of animal species that are not far along in their species' lifespan. While some species persist to a staggering ten million years, most mammals have an average species lifespan of around one million years from origination to extinction. But for most animals on Earth right now, the end is drawing near. Countless species have been going extinct in recent years due to the drastic temperature changes, and the inability to evolve at the extreme rate the planet is warming up at. Global warming is outpacing Evolution, and it is taking a deathly toll
There are many man-made creations the world is proud of, though a less prized creation is the Earth's current state, in the midst of a man-made mass extinction. Humans have been contributing to this extinction for hundreds of years, with global climate changing greatly since Industrialization made its way around the world. Factory emissions were one of the first means of environmental harm, with deforestation, oil drilling, and many more forms of human advancement taking their toll on the natural world.
In my opinion, the rate of global warming we are currently going at in the world is preventable. The root cause of global warming is unsustainable human growth, and the primary way to fix the growth pattern would be to standardize growth rates for the world. Standardizing how much individual countries may develop their land, how much gas emission they can allow into the atmosphere via factories, and so forth would lead to a regulated and sustainable amount of growth. If one large nation wants to go over their growth limitation and another smaller country doesn't need to meet theirs, the larger country could in theory buy the growth rights of the smaller country. Doing so would keep human growth regulated around the world, and give incentives to smaller countries that don't develop as much of their land (or don't want to develop as much of their land in order to sell the rights). A method like this would be beautiful and keep a good amount of order in human growth, global warming, and prevent further rapid extinction.
The only real issue is that, while standardization like this would be wonderful and do great things for the world, it would also require global cooperation... The day when all nations are able to come together and agree on the effects of global warming, and what needs to be done in order to prevent further worsening of the situation, will be the day when global warming decreases. Is it feasible? Someday.
