The Oil & Gas Industry and the Environment
Module 2: Environmental Issues & Dynamics
Climate Change: Greenhouse Effect | Importance | Facts |
                               Sources of GHGs | Response | Recap

Climate Change

Climate change means a change of climate which is attributed directly or indirectly to human activity that alters the composition of the global atmosphere and which is in addition to natural climate variability observed over comparable time periods (UNFCCC, 1992).

In this section we will:
 

■   Explain the Greenhouse effect.
■   Look at why climate change is an important issue.
■   Identify some of the sources of greenhouse gases.
■   Describe the international, government and industry response to this issue.
   
The greenhouse effect