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Name:

Omar

Class:

G19

Date:

10-5-2019

Title:

Climate change & environmental pollution

Topic

Climate change &environmental pollution

Focus

Solution to this problem – engineering

Instruction

Support the argument

Restriction

Current solution

· What is global warming?- define the meaning of global warming

· What are the major causes of climate change and global warming?-

· Greenhouse gasses/ human activities

· How does environmental pollution contribute to climate change?

· Deforestation and destruction of natural habitats and ecosystems

· Burning fossil fuels for energy

· Industrialization

· Rapid urbanization and population increase

· The consequences of climate change

· Water shortages

· Drought

· Flooding

· Heat waves

· Death due to natural calamities

· Solutions to climate change

· Implementation of Biodiversity policies

· Sustainable and renewable energy sources

· The capture and sequestration/storage (CCS) extracts carbon emissions

· Implementing carbon neutral policies by planting urban forests and bio-infiltration rain gardens

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3. Matawal, D. S., & Maton, D. J. (2013). Climate Change and Global Warming: Signs, Impact and Solutions. International Journal of Environmental Science and Development, 4(1), 62.

4. Rahman, F. A., Aziz, M. M. A., Saidur, R., Bakar, W. A. W. A., Hainin, M. R., Putrajaya, R., & Hassan, N. A. (2017). Pollution to solution: Capture and sequestration of carbon dioxide (CO2) and its utilization as a renewable energy source for a sustainable future. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 71, 112-126.