© 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Responding to Climate Change AP Environmental Science Mr. Grant Lesson 51

© 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Objectives: Define the term Kyoto Protocol. Suggest ways we may respond to global climate change. TED - With the same humor and humanity he exuded in An Inconvenient Truth, Al Gore spells out 15 ways that individuals can address climate change immediately, from buying a hybrid to inventing a new, hotter "brand name" for global warming. TED - In this brand-new slideshow (premiering on TED.com), Al Gore presents evidence that the pace of climate change may be even worse than scientists recently predicted. He challenges us to act.

© 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Kyoto Protocol: Define the term Kyoto Protocol.

© 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Suggest ways we may respond to global climate change. Both adaptation and mitigation are necessary for responding to climate change. Conservation, energy efficiency, and new clean and renewable energy sources will help reduce greenhouse emissions. New automotive technologies and investment in public transportation will help reduce emissions. Addressing climate change will require multiple strategies. The Kyoto Protocol provided a first step for nations to begin addressing climate change.

© 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Suggest ways we may respond to global climate change. Despite failure of the Copenhagen conference, nations are continuing efforts to design a treaty to follow the Kyoto Protocol. U.S. states and cities are acting to address emissions because the federal government has not. Emissions trading programs provide a way to harness the free market and engage industry in reducing emissions. Many people feel a carbon tax, specifically a fee-and- dividend approach, is a better option. Individuals are increasingly exploring carbon offsets and other means of reducing personal carbon footprints.

© 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Shall we pursue mitigation or adaptation?

© 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. We need both adaptation and mitigation The faster we reduce our emissions, the less we will alter the climate

© 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Electricity generation A coal-fired, electricity-generating power plant

© 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Conservation and efficiency

© 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Sources of electricity

© 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Transportation

© 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Conventional cars are inefficient

© 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. We can reduce emissions in other ways

© 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. We need to follow multiple strategies

© 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Strategies to stabilize CO 2 emissions 15 strategies could each take care of one wedge

© 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. The FCCC

© 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. The Kyoto Protocol tried to limit emissions

© 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. The Copenhagen conference

© 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Will emissions cuts hurt the economy?

© 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. States and cities are advancing policies

© 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Market mechanisms address climate change

© 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Cap-and-trade emissions trading programs

© 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Cap-and-trade programs already exist

© 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Carbon taxes are another option

© 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Carbon offsets are popular

© 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. You can reduce your carbon footprint

© 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. The International Day of Climate Action

© 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. TED Video Al Gore on averting climate crisis (16:15) Once the US Vice President, then star of An Inconvenient Truth, now Nobel Peace Prize winner, Al Gore found a way to focus the world's attention on climate change. In doing so, he has invented a new medium -- the Keynote movie -- and reinvented himself. With the same humor and humanity he exuded in An Inconvenient Truth, Al Gore spells out 15 ways that individuals can address climate change immediately, from buying a hybrid to inventing a new, hotter "brand name" for global warming.

© 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. TED Video Al Gore's new thinking on the climate crisis (27:52) Once the US Vice President, then star of An Inconvenient Truth, now Nobel Peace Prize winner, Al Gore found a way to focus the world's attention on climate change. In doing so, he has invented a new medium -- the Keynote movie -- and reinvented himself. In this brand-new slideshow (premiering on TED.com), Al Gore presents evidence that the pace of climate change may be even worse than scientists recently predicted. He challenges us to act.