Korea and the World (6) Global Warming & Climate Change
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Transcript of Korea and the World (6) Global Warming & Climate Change
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Korea and the World (6)Global Warming & Climate Change 2010. 10. 12 [email protected]
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This Week in Brief A-TOPIK, 2012IND ----UN-FAO 22 , , 8
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Global Warming - EvidenceWorlds mean temperature risingSea level risingSnow cap, arctic ice meltingFrequent droughts, floods, forest fires, yellow sandsEcology changing, food crisisDrinking water shortage
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The World is Getting Warmer
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Sea Levels Are Rising
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Snow cover is disappearing
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Global Warming - MechanismGreenhouse Gas (GHG) effectCO2 emission from burning fossil fuelCoal/oil/gas increasing consumptionLimited resources, unfit for burningMost heat/electricity production, transportation burns fossil fuelMust save for petrochemicals
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Global Warming - MitigationsLow carbon green growth economyEnergy efficiency, conservation effortsIntroduce carbon tax systemUN climate change initiativesKyoto Protocol expires in 2012New Protocol in Copenhagen, Dec. 2009
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Copenhagen ProtocolUNFCCC (Framework Convention on Climate Change)192 Member States (S/N Korea )COP-15 held in Copenhagen, Dec. 2009New legally binding protocol by 2012Each MS commits to GHG emission levelMajor polluters expected to ratify
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An Inconvenient Truth 2006 documentary film by Al Gore US vice president under Clinton Defeated by Bush in 2000 US presidential electionConverted to Global Warming advocate2007 Nobel Peace PrizeIncrease global awarenessIdentify the causes, mechanismDevelop mitigation strategywww.climatecrisis.net
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Home workWhat is my feeling about the global warming, and how serious is it?