Brief reflections under a sociological approach on climate change and global warming in the 21st century

Abstract

Urban and rural communities have a great and important relationship with climate change and global warming, since this is presented to society as an undeniable risk to the health of the population; Given the different situations that are evident, a narrative-type bibliographical review has been carried out, considering human behavior as an influential base in the deterioration of the environment and as the main cause of the changes that the earth has experienced. The object of study of this article concerns raising awareness of the voluntary and involuntary actions of the individual in society, for this it is necessary to carry out individual and visible activities such as recycling, energy saving, sustainable mobility, signing agreements to mitigate the volume of pollution, changes of habits and customs of our people and that countries generate emerging policies to act with social responsibility that includes communication and transfer of knowledge through efficiency and adequate Environmental Education through sustainable development with social trends. The treatment of this issue raises the awareness of humanity to carry out social construction and thereby avoid or mitigate the catastrophic challenges and problems caused by climate change on a daily basis.