Environmental Transformation and Climate Change Analysis

Authors

  • Amin Vahidi Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Mechanical and Energy Engineering, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran.
  • Mohammad Hossein Ebrahimi * Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Mechanical and Energy Engineering, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran.
  • Alireza Shiraee Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Mechanical and Energy Engineering, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran.

https://doi.org/10.22105/jeee.v3i1.52

Abstract

Research showed that most terrible debacles happened because of Climate change. According to a biological perspective, global warming can cause extensive changes in the climate, biodiversity, and human existence. Today, researchers and specialists in climatology and ecological sciences accept that one of the reasons for worldwide climate change has been the increase in greenhouse gases. Human discharges of Carbon Dioxide (CO2) come from two fundamental sources: Burning petroleum products and changing land use, like deforestation. In this exploration, the System Dynamics (SD) technique was utilized. SD strategy depends on the idea of input circles. On the off chance that the circle enhances itself, it is a positive input or building up a circle; furthermore, if rising in a variable reason itself to diminish it is a negative or adjusting criticism circle. The general SD stock and stream model was introduced in light of these ideas. The time skyline of this model reproduction is from 2020 to 2100. Assuming that ongoing circumstances continue in 2050 and 2100, global warming will be 2.38 and 5.56 °C higher than in 2020. It is devastating and makes the Earth barely tenable. Additionally, the reenactment shows that in 2100, Fossil Fuel Consumption will be 2.1 times that of 2020 in an outstanding example. In 2100, vegetation diminished from 55% to 33%. So, creatures and plants will be terminated incredibly rapidly, and Earth will be a dead planet with the latest thing. So, in the event that global warming proceeds, it will take just 10 years to arrive at an irreversible point. Assuming the human race works on 30% in public awareness about global warming impacts and policies, laws, and guidelines’ adequacy on deforestation and woodland development, global warming will diminish to 41% in 2050 and 37% in 2100. So, a worldwide effort is expected to save the Earth and humanity.

Keywords:

Climate change, Global warming, Fossil fuel consumption, Greenhouse gases, System dynamics

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Published

2026-03-13

How to Cite

Vahidi , A. ., Ebrahimi, M. H., & Shiraee , A. . (2026). Environmental Transformation and Climate Change Analysis. Journal of Environmental Engineering and Energy, 3(1), 35-55. https://doi.org/10.22105/jeee.v3i1.52

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