Korea and the World (6) Global Warming & Climate Change 김 병 구
This Week in Brief POR, EU/IMF 에 구제금융 공식 요청 –PIIGS 중 GRE, IRE 이어 세 번째 중국, 첫 항공모함 진수 준비 중 일 원전 주변 오염지역 농수산물 제재 착수 호주, 한국어 선택 초중고 급증
“An Inconvenient Truth 불편한 진실 ” 2006 documentary film by Al Gore2006 documentary film –US vice president under Clinton –Defeated by Bush in 2000 US presidential electio n –Converted to “Global Warming” advocate –2007 Nobel Peace Prize Increase global awareness Identify the causes, mechanism Develop mitigation strategy
Global Warming - Evidence World’s mean temperature rising Sea level rising Snow cap, arctic ice melting Frequent droughts, floods, forest fires, yellow sands Ecology changing, food crisis Drinking water shortage
The World is Getting Warmer
Sea Levels Are Rising
Snow cover is disappearing
Global Warming - Mechanism Greenhouse Gas (GHG) effect CO2 emission from burning fossil fuel Coal/oil/gas increasing consumption Limited resources, unfit for burning Most heat/electricity production, transportation burns fossil fuel Must save for petrochemicals
Global Warming - Mitigations Low carbon green growth economy Energy efficiency, conservation efforts Introduce carbon tax system UN climate change initiatives Kyoto Protocol expires in 2012 New Protocol in Copenhagen, Dec. 2009
Copenhagen Protocol UNFCCC (Framework Convention on Climate Change) 192 Member States (S/N Korea 포함 ) COP-15 held in Copenhagen, Dec New legally binding protocol by 2012 Each MS commits to GHG emission level Major polluters expected to ratify
Home work What is my feeling about the global warming, and how serious is it?