ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION AND GLOBAL WARMING: ECOSOPHY FOR CLIMATE SECURITY.

Abstract

Matters of environmental degradation and climate insecurity are quite worrisome; so much so that they impose regrettable devastation to humanity and the entire ecosystem. Consequently, this paper aims at addressing the devastations of environmental degradation and global warming while proffering prospects for climate security. This study applies expository and analytical methods of research. While exposing the devastations of environmental degradation and anthropogenic factors leading to global warming and climate change, it analyzes adequate prospect towards addressing the imposed devastations with the instrument of ecosophy. This paper studies Global warming as the unusual rapid increase in earth’s average surface temperature resulting from greenhouse gases released by burning of fossil fuels. The impact of global warming include; climate change, spread of infectious diseases, extinction of large fraction of plants and animal species, disruption of energy supply and agriculture, heavy flooding, mechanical dysfunctionality, etc. On appraisal, it is obvious that beyond the natural cause to global warming, anthropogenic factors impact more devastations minding unfriendly and unfair management in relationship with the earth leading to environmental degradation, global warming and climate change. Such anthropogenic factors include; deforestation, soil pollution, overgrazing, overpopulation, poor waste disposal, heating up the ozone layer, increase of aerosols, ozone (O₃), release of greenhouse gases by burning fossil fuels such as; carbon dioxide (CO₂), nitrous oxide (N₂O), methane (CH₄), water vapor, etc. In the attempt to assuage these damaging implications, ecosophers have developed robust dynamisms of prospects towards rescuing the globe from total destruction. This is anchored on human orientations towards proper waste management for both private and industrial sectors, regenerative farming to rebuild soil fertility, increases biodiversity, reduce erosion and improve water quality to the crops,  improved soil structure, microbial activities, etc. These activities help create a balanced ecosystem and climate security.