Press Release —
Members of the
Rotary Club Amman International were briefed on the effects of
climate change on Jordan, the region, and the world, Rotarians said in a press
statement.
اضافة اعلان
Hussein
Al-Kisswani, a regional project manager at UN-Habitat, told Rotarians that
heavier rains are expected to become much more frequent in Jordan because of
climate change.
“There is an increasing
amount of heat that is trapped in the atmosphere causing changes in the climate
patterns such as heavy rains, as we experienced recently in Jordan,” he said.
Kisswani revealed
that Jordan is not a major source of greenhouse gases, but that on a per capita
basis there is much more that can be done.
Kisswani said that
climate change will have a devastating effect on agriculture, and in some
cases, around the world it will cause climate migration. “The melting of the
Antarctica ice, and expansion of oceans due to extra heat leads to the rise of
sea levels, will cause many islands to disappear, and will cause major problems
in shoreline countries,” he added.
The expert in
climate change policy said that
China, the US, and India are the top three
countries responsible for the greenhouse effect, and that Saudi Arabia is the
ninth country in terms of negative emissions. Jordan’s emissions stand at a
very low .0006 percent, he noted.
At present, global
greenhouse gas emissions have caused a 1.2 degree of global heating since the
industrial revolution. World leaders are hoping to limit the heating to 1.5,
and at the most, to 2 degrees.
Developing
countries bear a major effect of the pollution of developing countries.
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