The Environmental Studies Journal (TESJ) Vol 1, No.1, pp 28 – 44; DEC, 2017
A Review of Global Warming/Climate Change, Causes, Effects and Mitigations
Eneji, C.V.O., Williams J.J., Ekpo, C.G. and Isa, A. M.
Dept of Environmental Education, University of Calabar, Nigeria
Dept. of Science and Environmental Education, University of Abuja, Nigeria
Dept. of Environmental Management and Toxicology, Federal University, Dutse, Nigeria
This paper reviewed the concept of global warming and climate change, the causes of climate change and its associated effects and also went further to highlight some mitigating measures. The paper concluded that amidst global warming and climate change, man is at the center of it all. Man’s production and consumption pattern, his waste management and disposal pattern, his industrial and agricultural productivity pattern and the production of nuclear warfare and above all his attitude towards the environment has been found to be the major contributory factors to climate change. It is therefore recommended among others that human consumption of goods should be checked, while the sources and type of energy for man’s industrial productivity should be changed towards sustainable green energy like solar energy, wind, hydropower electricity, thereby reducing the release of green house gases into the atmosphere.
Keywords: climate change, global warming, ozone layer depletion, human consumption pattern, renewable energy, sustainable energy and green house gas emission.