Climate Change Convention Regime, Climate Justice and the Future of Developing Countries

Abstract

Climate change or Global warming is the greatest threat facing our planet today. A warming planet alters weather patterns, water supplies, seasonal growth for plants and a sustainable way of life for us, and the world's wildlife.1Scientists have since concluded that the Earth's atmosphere consists of nitrogen, oxygen and a number of natural greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, ozone gas e.t.c, and that the Earth's climate is affected by the interaction of radiation from the sun and the earth atmosphere. The greenhouse gases have the important role of trapping the radiation in the lower layers of the Earth's atmosphere. This process is known as 'greenhouse effect' without which the Earth would be as cold as the moon. In other words, greenhouse effect is the capacity of certain gases in the atmosphere to trap heat emitted from the Earth's surface, thereby insulating and warming the Earth. Without the thermal blanketing of the natural greenhouse effect, the Earth's climate would be about 33 Celsius degrees (about 59 Fahrenheit degrees) cooler—too cold for most living organisms to survive