Korea and the World (6) Global Warming & Climate Change

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1 Korea and the World (6) Global Warming & Climate Change
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2 This Week in Brief 천안함 원인규명 본격화 오바마 미 동부 연안 유전개발 승인 국내 글로벌 에티켓 낙제점수 기타
취업난 해소, 에너지 독립 국내 글로벌 에티켓 낙제점수 외국인에게 “culture shock” G20 회담 계기로 생활예절 upgrade 기타

3 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

4 The World is Getting Warmer

5 Sea Levels Are Rising

6 Snow cover is disappearing

7 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

8 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

9 Copenhagen Protocol UNFCCC (Framework Convention on Climate Change)
192 Member States (S/N Korea 포함) COP-15 held in Copenhagen, Dec. 2009 New legally binding protocol by 2012 Each MS commits to GHG emission level Major polluters expected to ratify

10 “An Inconvenient Truth 불편한 진실”
2006 documentary film by Al Gore US vice president under Clinton Defeated by Bush in 2000 US presidential election Converted to “Global Warming” advocate 2007 Nobel Peace Prize Increase global awareness Identify the causes, mechanism Develop mitigation strategy

11 Discussion What is my feeling about the global warming, and how serious is it?