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conditions that would normally inhibit it will
ultimately lead to the removal of more CO2 from
the atmosphere and a slowing of the rate of rise
of the air's CO2 content. CO2 intake by plants
varies directly with temperature. The rate is
higher in the mornings and peaks then declines
possibly to zero (CO2 science, 2015).
Figure 12: Front of the Senate House University Conclusion
of Surrey
The United Nations Framework on Climate
Figure 13: Artificial lake and fountain near Change (UNFCC) suggested two ways of com-
Senate House University of Surrey bating climate change, namely mitigation and
adaptation. It is my opinion that adaptation will
Therefore, anything that either enhances take more money and time to achieve and that
photosynthesis or enables it to proceed under we have the best option to engage the problem
headlong by increasing the plant and vegetation
cover and designing and redesigning our eco-
systems to increase the area as seen in the
photos presented here. Financially it is more
economical, it enhances aesthetics and recre-
ation, and it improves health.
Green infrastructure can include gardens, green
walls and roofs, trees, shrubs and hedges
throughout parks, allotments, ponds, wood-
lands, fields, lakes, canals, and rivers. Together
they provide “an interconnected network of
green space that conserves natural ecosystem
values and functions and provides associated
benefits to human populations” (Benedict and
McMahon, 2001).
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