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Natural Environmental Contaminants and the Impact of Green Technologies on Climate Change
Awodezi Henry*
Faculty of Law, University of Delta, Agbor, Delta State, Nigeria
Email: h.awodezi@unidel.edu.ng | ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1179-3371
Ikechukwu Kwubosu
Faculty of Law, University of Delta, Agbor, Delta State, Nigeria
Email: i.kwubosu@unidel.edu.ng | ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-9041-5278
*Corresponding author
(2024) 04 (03) Journal of Environmental Law and Policy 230-251 https://doi.org/10.33002/jelp040309
Received: 18 October 2024
Accepted: 23 December 2024
Reviewed: 15 December 2024
Published: 31 December 2024
Revised: 21 December 2024
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Environment has been defined as the natural world in which living things dwell and grow. There are certain factors which often pose challenges to the environment and are capable of interrupting capacity building as well as sustainability. This research evaluates such factors as environmental contaminants which include any chemical, biological, or radiological substance or matter that hurts air, water, soil or living organisms. However, with the advancement of green technologies on the environment, there is a revolutionary change with regards to clean energy production, solar power, reduction of emissions of carbon dioxide, use of alternative fuels and other technologies that are less harmful to the environment than fossil fuels. This research focuses on clean energy production such as solar energy and other technologies that serve the best purpose of reducing emissions of carbon dioxide usually generated by vehicles, motorcycles and fuel power generators majorly in the cities, particularly in the industrial environments. These emissions from vehicle engines, power generators, gas flaring and other environmental contaminants are very dangerous to human health. Many, who have ingested these emissions, have serious interference with their bodies’ internal functioning, causing diseases like cancer, itching in the eyes and respiratory disorders like asthma. The pressing need to explore green technologies for sustainability becomes imperative and this gave rise to this research. To achieve this aim, this research adopts the doctrinal research methodology in examining the natural environmental contaminants and the impact of green technologies on climate change. On this premise, this research recommends tremendous exploration of green technologies as a recipe for a sustainable environment.
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