With the rapid increase in the world population, the balance of nature is disrupted as a result of excessive and unconscious use of limited resources on earth.
With the disruption of the balance, hunger, deprivation of water resources, extinction of some living species, pollution in the soil, deterioration of vegetation, global warming. , changes in climate and increase in environmental pollution occur. Global warming and climate change are among the environmental problems that threaten the world.
Global climate change; It is defined as the increase in the earth's average surface temperatures and changes in climate as a result of the rapid accumulation of greenhouse gases released into the atmosphere by human activities such as burning fossil fuels, changes in land use, deforestation and industrial processes, strengthening the natural greenhouse effect.
According to the data of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry. ; The accumulation of CO2, the most important greenhouse gas, in the atmosphere increased from approximately 280 ppm in the pre-industrial period to 407.96 ppm in March 2018. CH4 accumulation, which was approximately 715 ppb in the pre-industrial period, increased to 1859 ppb at the end of 2017. Global atmospheric N2O accumulation increased from approximately 270 ppb in the pre-industrial period to 330 ppb in 2017. Since it provides protection and extends the shelf life, is an acid regulator in foods, carbon dioxide assisted fertilization in order to increase the amount of product increases the use of carbon dioxide. The destruction of forests and phytoplankton, which consume tons of carbon dioxide, has also increased the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere to high levels.
The increase in the use of packaged products due to reasons such as consumption of more food than necessary, increase in demand for vegetables and fruits that are not in season, saving time, long shelf life, etc. met by fossil fuels due to population growth, urbanization and industrialization. Increasing energy requirements negatively affect both global climate changes and our health. However, especially processed and packaged foods pose a danger in terms of obesity and chronic diseases, while also causing environmental pollution.
The potential effects of global warming and climate changes include climate-related deaths, epidemics, decrease in air quality, loss of natural habitats. We can list these losses as losses, decrease in agricultural lands and resulting product losses, decrease in water quality/water scarcity.
In the projections made until 2080, a 2.3 C° increase in global temperatures will result in the loss of 270 million people, a 3.3 C° temperature increase. It is predicted that up to 330 million people will be at risk of malaria. With the increase in temperature that will occur with climate change, a 10% increase in diarrhea cases is expected by 2030.
2/2Malaria, which ranks third among diseases transmitted through water and food, affects not only the infected person but also the fetus in pregnant women. It causes an increase in health expenditures and basic care services as it can cause deaths (stillbirth), miscarriage, premature birth and neonatal malaria. We must all struggle together to solve the problems and inadequacies in our processes.
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