Climate change
Climate Change presentation Climate Change in relation to energy In relation to the UK case study, i will take a main example of climate change in relation to energy of "The Low Carbon Transition Plan." * Main ideas of The UK Low Carbon Transition Plan. Transforming the country into a cleaner, greener and more prosperous place to live is at the heart of our economic plans for 'building Britain's future' and ensuring the UK is ready to take advantage of the opportunities ahead. * The UK Low Carbon Transition Plan plots how the UK will meet the 34 percent cut in emissions on 1990 levels by 2020, set out in the budget. * We have already reduced emissions by 21 percent - equivalent to cutting emissions entirely from four cities the size of London. The objectives are, by 2020: * More than 1.2 million people will be in green jobs. * 7 million homes will have benefited from whole house makeovers, and more than 1.5 million households will be supported to produce their own clean energy. * Around 40 percent of electricity will be from low-carbon sources, from renewables, nuclear and clean coal. * We will be importing half the amount of gas that we otherwise would. * The average new car will emit 40 percent less carbon than now. Main Carbon Emissions * The 3 types of fossil fuels that are used the most are coal, natural gas and petroleum. When fossil fuels are combusted,
Climate change notes
Climate change notes FACTORS THAT AFFECT CLIMATE CHANGE . Atmosphere: A layer of gases that surrounds a planet or moon 2. Weather: Condition of the atmosphere in a specific place at a specific time (describes wind, temp, moisture) 3. Climate: Characteristic weather patterns within a region averaged over a long period of time (Temp, wind velocity) 4. Earth has experienced many climate changes in the past EARTH AND THE SUN . Sun’s energy is the most important factor affecting climate on Earth (winds, rain etc) 2. The amount of radiation produced by the sun varies and a regular solar cycle (sunspot cycle) occurs every 11 years 3. When the number of sunspots is high, the Sun emits higher amounts of solar radiation. 4. Earth rotates tilted (23.5º) on an axis every 24 hrs 5. the combination of Earth’s annual orbit and its tilted axis produces the seasons Revolution: the time it takes for an object to orbit another object . it takes earth 365.24 days to make a complete revolution around the sun CHANGES IN EARTH’S ORBIT . Earth’s orbit, tilt and rotation change in repeating cycles 2. (1) Eccentricity: every 100 000 years, Earth’s orbit changes from circular to elliptical 3. Elliptical orbit means more solar energy for Earth which affects length of seasons 4. (2) Tilt: Earth’s tilt changes every 41000 years by about 2.4º 5. The greater the tilt,
Essay on Climate Change
0/2/09 Is the climate changing? The earth's climate is always changing and is causing disturbance and alterations to the earth, such as flooding, hurricanes, drought and the melting of the glaciers. These drastic changes have been noticed over recent years and are mainly a result of human actions and not due to natural causes in the atmosphere. The greenhouse effect is also a huge subject when we talk about climate change. It is a natural effect which allows solar radiation to be absorbed to keep the earth at a temperature needed for life. However gases like carbon dioxide and methane can absorb some of the infra-red radiation and then begins to warm the troposphere. These gases are natural in the atmosphere but have been added to by humans which lead to a gradual warming of the atmosphere, which then leads to global warming. So in my essay I am going to answer the question 'Is the climate changing?' and what this is doing to our world. The Keeling curve is a graph that shows the earth's surface temperature from the 1950's and onwards. These recordings show that the earth's surface temperature is increasing massively. It is only 0.9°c above average at the moment, but it is believed that if the temperature continues to rise there will be devastating effects on the earth. There is a link between the keeling curve graph, the carbon dioxide emissions graph and the rising sea
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Israel Climate Change
I. Climate change is, without a doubt, one of the most serious challenges facing the twenty first century world. Human survival and the development of all countries are at stake, rendering cooperation and joint efforts by the international community absolutely essential. It is therefore unsurprising that countries worldwide have placed climate change high on their list of environmental priorities. Israel is no different. Fully aware of the seriousness and urgency of reducing greenhouse gas levels, and with a deep sense of responsibility for the long-term development of mankind, the State of Israel is firmly committed to a sustainable development and realises the unprecedented need to reduce green house gas emissions in the atmosphere. Although classified Israel was classified as a developing country under the Climate Change Convention, a comparison of carbon dioxide emissions from fuel combustion between Israel and other countries shows that Israel is not far behind some of the developed countries listed in Annex I. The State of Israel has therefore resolved to undertake voluntary activities to restrict and reduce emissions of greenhouse gases on the basis of the conclusions of the interministerial committee on climate change. There is no doubt that increasing greenhouse gas concentrations in the
Potentially Positive Effects of Climate Change
Climate change is the change of climate which is attributed directly or indirectly to human activity that alters the composition of the global atmosphere and which is in addition to natural climate variability observed over comparable time periods. Base on a definition by United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, Article 1. Often, climate change is associated with the effects of global warming which causes the rising global temperature. With the continual focus by the media on the serious and potentially disastrous circumstances surrounding climate change, there is another side that rarely gets noticed by the public. There are possibilities and opportunities presented by these same circumstances – the other side of the climate change. The three new opportunities brought by climate change is definitely the opening of artic trade route, boost in the agriculture industry and fewer death rates caused by extreme cold weather. Firstly, climate change often associates with the rise of temperatures which causes the melting of artic icebergs. One new opportunity created by the melting of icebergs is the opening of artic trade routes, enabling a faster route between the west and Asia. Once, the artic icebergs have melted, ships are able to simply through the arctic ocean, above Russia into the Asia, in a much faster route. Currently, Russian and other European shippers
Impact of Climate Change
The Impact of Climate Change In the last few years there has been a lot of attention given to the problem of climate change. Usually we only hear vague ideas about how the Earth is heating up, how we are all going to die and that we are to blame. However climate change is a natural process that experts have said has been sped up by human activity, for example, industrial activities, vehicles and machines producing gases like carbon dioxide and methane. These gases are damaging because of how the Sun's rays heat up the Earth. The rays from the Sun enter the atmosphere, hitting the Earth's surface with most being reflected back without heating up the Earth at all. The ones that are absorbed by the sea and the ground are reflected back as infrared rays therefore heating up the Earth. However as more CO2 and other "greenhouse gases" are pumped into the atmosphere, fewer and fewer of the Sun's rays are reflected away, hence the rising temperatures. Although there is debate over the largest contributor to the climate change problem that is not my focus for this essay. In this essay I intend to show how climate change would affect the world's water; that is to say 70% of the Earth's surface. The most talked about point in the media about the effect of climate change on water is the sea level. This is because as the Earth heats up the seas and oceans will absorb a lot of
Global Climate Change and Climate Protection: Current Summary
Global Climate Change and Climate Protection: Current Summary From September 6 to 10, 1997, the International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI) held a Cities for Climate Protection (CCP) Campaign - U.S. workshop in Atlanta, sponsored by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, The City of Atlanta, The Climate Institute, and The Turner Foundation. ICLEI is the international environmental agency for local governments. It believes from concrete experience that local actions can have a global impact. ICLEI was established in 1990 through a partnership of the United Nations Environment Programme, the International Union of Local Authorities (IULA), and the Center for Innovative Diplomacy. ICLEI's World Secretariat is in Toronto. ICLEI also has offices in Freiburg, Tokyo, Harare, Santiago, and Berkeley. ICLEI's purpose and mission are to: 1) serve as an international clearinghouse on sustainable development and environmental protection policies, programs, and techniques being implemented at the local level by local institutions; 2) initiate joint projects or campaigns among groups of local governments to research and develop new approaches to address pressing environmental and development problems; 3) organize training programs and publish reports and technical manuals on state of the art environmental management practices; and 4) serve as an advocate for
Climate change
Climate Change Presentation - Take 2 Conflict * Main points of conflict are between developed and developing countries. * Developed: US, Japan, UK. Developing: China, India, South Africa. * The reason there is conflict is that developed countries are now trying to limit the rest of the world's energy use to help combat global warming. The developing countries argue that it isn't fair considering the developed countries have already done the damage with their energy consumption and that they should be able to get on the same level. Russia vs. The West * European governments have been told to plan for an era of conflict over energy resources, with global warming likely to trigger a dangerous contest between Russia and the west for the vast mineral riches of the Arctic. * A report from the EU's top two foreign policy officials to the 27 heads of government gathering in Brussels for a summit this week warns that "significant potential conflicts" are likely in the decades ahead as a result of "intensified competition over access to, and control over, energy resources". * The seven-page report, obtained by the Guardian, has been written by Javier Solana, the EU's foreign policy supremo, and Benita Ferrero-Waldner, the commissioner for external relations. It predicts that global warming will precipitate security issues for Europe, ranging from energy wars to mass migration,
The Truth about Climate Change
BY: Nozomu Tokiwa Form 3a Date: 16/05/08 Climate Change I'm sure you've heard or read about climate change at least once or twice on TV, Internet or on newspapers. But are you sure that you know everything or at least enough about it? Well let's see, did you know that climate change is one of the biggest problems we have now in this 21st century? If not, you should continue reading, and if yes, you should still read. Because what I'm going to talk about now, is about climate change, and I'm sure that you don't know everything about it. This might be your final chance before it's too late! What is climate change? When you simply switch the words round, climate change is simply the change in climate. It is the change in climate, but of course it is not that simple. The IPCC, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (one of the largest bodies of international scientists ever assembled to study a scientific issue, comprised of more than 2000 scientists from 100 different countries), defines climate change like this: "A change in the state of the climate that can be identified...that persists for an extended period, typically decades or longer...Any change in climate over time, whether due to natural variability or as a result of human activity." This definition is thought to be most widely accepted, but it is quite hard to understand...(at least for me it is) so this is
