What impact do you have on the world?

Review: movie  Humans have impacted over 83% of the earth  The four factors that have had the most impact on this:  Population  Travel routes  Land use  and Lights

Population Growth Today’s global population is estimated at 6.6 billion is expected to rise to 9 billion by 2050 and over 36 billion by 2300 Less than 1 billion 1800

Who has the biggest footprint?

Your Footprint: How much land do you need to live? This land would have to provide you with all the food, water, energy and materials for everything else that you use. The amount of land that you use is called you ecological footprint.

Ecological Footprint Depends on many factors; Where do you get your food? Do you walk or drive? Do you use renewable resources? Your gh stands for the global hectares of land that you require

Less than 1 Afghanistan Bangladesh Ethiopia Haiti Nepal Rwanda Mali Peru Iraq Laos Georgia India Pakistan Zambia Cambodia Tanzania Sierra Leone Liberia Congo Vietnam

World Average The world average is equal to 2.2 gh per person, HOWEVER….. There is only 1.8 gh available per person

Canada Is the world big enough for our feet? 7.8 Calculate your footprint at:

Environmental Sustainability

Inconvenient Truth What is Global Warming? What is causing it? Debate?

 Thomas Freidman  The book is on the importance of investigating and using Green energy sources  Introduces the concept of “Global Wierding”rather than “warming”.

How are Globalization and Sustainability Related? Case Study: Transportation

Shipping Industry  Life cycle of a typical ship reveals one aspect of the relationship between globalization and sustainability.

Where are they built?  1970’s the shipping industry was dominated by Europe and the United States  Ship building is LABOUR- INTENSIVE…. So where do you think the industry has shifted to?

 Asia… of course: where labour costs are lower!  South Korea and Japan dominate and China is also emerging as a key player.  What are some of the effects of shipbuilding moving from developed to developing countries? EconomicSocialPoliticalEnvironmental

Environmental Impact  Large areas required for ship building increase their potential for pollution  Hazardous materials like lead are routinely used in coatings and paint  Place heavy demands on electricity, water supplies, and generate large amounts of solid and toxic waste. Shipbuilding

Environmental Impact  Use only 3% of the fossil fuels consumed globally…. But…  They emit about 15% of the world’s nitrogen and sulphur dioxide  They use cheap fuel which creates as much pollution as 2000 diesel trucks! Vessels

Flags of Convenience  When ships are registered in a country other than that of its owner.  Why would they do this?

Flags of Convenience  Advantages:  Lower costs- registration fees and other charges are much lower. Can equal savings in the millions  Ease of registration- Little paperwork is required  Weak environmental and labour laws, as well as labour laws  Who benefits… and who is harmed?

Disposing of Ships  Every year about ships end up on the beaches of Asia, including Bangladesh.  There, workers earn $1.50 to $2.50 a day to break down the metals and other materials that can be sold as scrap to recyclers.  What problems can you see with this?

Disposing of Ships  Ship breaking is one of the most dangerous jobs in the world  Serious lack of safety standards

The Timeline The treaty called for a 55% global reduction of carbon dioxide, based on 1990 levels.

The Big 6  United States – responsible for 1/3 or 36% of the entire world’s CO2 emmissions  European Union – became a strong proponent of the treaty  China – just 2 years aftr ratifying the Protocol, they announced plans generate 10% of it’s power from renewable energy by 2010  Russia – targeted 55% reduction in emissions  Japan – in 2002 Japan’s emissions actually increased 11% from 1990 levels  India – recognized the impact that its large population was having  India, like China, has developing nation status so it has avoided the reduction quotas

CO2 Emissions For the BIG 6

Who else signed?

Canada – what are we doing?  Canada was one of the first countries to sign the Kyoto Protocol, on April 29, 1998  But Canada's continued participation in Kyoto seemed certain to end with the election of a minority Conservative government on Jan. 23, Part of the party's platform was to ditch Kyoto and come up with a made-in-Canada approach to reducing the emissions blamed for global warming.

The Numbers  Canada is one of the greatest consumers of energy per capita, burning the equivalent of roughly 7,700 litres of oil per person each year. This is roughly 50 times the consumption rate of Bangladesh, a country that stands to be largely eliminated by climate change-induced sea level rise.  Canadians use more energy than all of the 760 million inhabitants of Africa.  Canada makes up less than one half of one percent of the world's population, but is the world's eighth largest producer of carbon dioxide.  Canadians spend about $75 billion annually - 10 percent of our GDP - on energy to heat homes and offices, and to operate cars, factories and appliances. This is equivalent to $2,500 per person.

Canada’s Emissions  Canada's greenhouse gas emissions are increasing. Energy consumption grew about 18 per cent between 1992 and 2002, while emissions rose at a rate of 1.9 per cent annually, 22 per cent since Rising emissions trigger more rapid climate change and worsen air pollution - with serious health consequences.  That is no where near a REDUCTION!

Why are we so Bad?

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