What Is Carbon Emission? This Is The Terrible Impact On Human Life

Illustration of carbon emissions (Photos from Antara)

YOGYAKARTA - The Indonesian government has succeeded in realizing the carbon emission reduction target of 91 million tons of CO2. Data from the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources shows that the reduction in carbon emissions in Indonesia in 2022 will reach 91.5 million tons. This achievement is good news for the people of Indonesia. However, some people still do not know what carbon emissions are.

The decline in carbon emissions in Indonesia this year is better than last year, which increased by 30.71%. The Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources revealed that this achievement can be realized through the mitigation of the implementation of new and renewable energy (EBT). This of course can reduce the risk of poor carbon emissions.

This is because carbon emissions have a negative impact on life, both in humans and nature. In 2018, World Resource noted that Indonesia is 8th in the ranking of carbon emissions producing countries. Human activity is one of the sources of carbon emissions. Unfortunately, there are still many people who do not understand what carbon emissions are and their impact on life.

In terms of language, the term carbon emissions comes from a combination of two words, namely 'emisi' and 'carbon'. Emissions are related to the process of moving an object. Based on the Cambridge Dictionary, emissions are a number of gas, light, heat, and others sent out. This term is often used to refer to light emissions, hot emissions, to carbon emissions.

Carbon is an element that exists and composes life. Carbon can come from the human body, plants, to food. Carbon is indeed needed for the balance of the human life cycle.

Carbon emissions are gases that come out of burning compounds that contain carbon gas, such as CO2, Solar, LPG, and other fuels. Carbon emissions can be interpreted simply as carbon release into the atmosphere.

Carbon emissions are one of the causes of climate change along with greenhouse gas emissions. Excessive gas emissions have an impact on global warming or greenhouse effects. This condition will make the temperature on earth increase significantly.

Carbon emissions occur due to various human activities in the use of gas or burning compounds that contain carbon. It takes carbon footprint measurements to determine the amount of emissions that have been produced.

Based on the Encyclopedia Britannica, the carbon footprint is the amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions related to all activities of a person or other entities such as companies, buildings, countries, and others.

Everyone needs to be aware or understand the various causes of excessive carbon emissions. This insight is important considering the danger of carbon emissions will have an impact on humans themselves and their lives. Here are various carbon emissions activity that can trigger an increase in greenhouse gases or climate change.

The various activities above, if carried out within a certain period of time, will certainly produce harmful carbon emissions. Here are a number of the impacts of carbon emissions if they continue to increase.

That is the review of what carbon emissions are, the cause, and the impact on life. If left unchecked, carbon emissions could become a boomerang for human life because there are many bad impacts caused. The Indonesian government is targeting a reduction in carbon emissions by 116 million tons by 2023. The amount is also projected to reach 142 tons in the following year.

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