GLOBAL WARMING

Greenhouse gasses trap some of the suns

energy within our atmosphere and increase the
warming of the earths surface and atmosphere.

Excerpt from CLIMATE CHANGE 2007 report of the

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change as set up by
the World Meteorological Organization and the United
Nations Environment Program.
1. Solar energy passes through the atmosphere, is
absorbed by the earths surface, and warms it up.

2. Greenhouse gases absorb some of the

reflected heat energy.
3. Human actions gradually increase concentration of
greenhouse gases in the atmosphere and accelerate
the global warming process.

-Agriculture sector is a huge sourc e of methane

and nitrous oxide and responsible for 15% of
worldwide greenhouse gas emissions.

Climate-friendly agricultural management

( i.e.organic farming) could reduce emissions
significantly.
Traffic

27% of all man-made CO2 emmissions are

transportation related

750 million cars worldwide emit about 225

billion tons of CO2 each year

Industrialization
Industrial production is responsible for 57%ll
CO2 emissions

Largest quantities of CO2 emitted by energy

producers and energy-intensive industries

New filtration technologies could reduce

CO2 emissions by 30 to 50%
Deforestation
20% of CO2 emissions worldwide result
from deforestation

Net forest loss since 2000: 7.3 milliom

hectares per year.

Improvement measures: afforestation,

reforestation, avoid deforestation

4. The accelerated warming process has a number of

dangerous impact
Melting of glaciers/ice caps

Since the early 1960s, mountain glaciers around the

world have experienced an estimated net loss ofover
4,000 cubic km. Of water; this loss was more than
twice as that during the 1990s as in the previous
years.
 Projections of 4oC rise in average global temperature would
cause nearly all worlds glacier to melt resulting to rising sea
levels

More Strong Storms

Globally, the annual number of strong storms doubled from

around 8 (early 1970s) to 18 (2000-2004)

Hurricane Katrina in 2005 was the fifth largest hurricane on

record and caused $60B in damage

The magnitude and damage caused by the 27 tropical

storms in the Atlantic during 2005 were the highest yet
recorded

Desertification

2B people in 110 countries are affected and threatened

by accelerating desertification

The UN projects that 30% of the worlds land

surface will turn into desert in the future.
The CAUSE

Global warming is very likely caused by

man the strongest conclusion to date.
Concentrations of heat trapping
greenhouse gases in the planets
atmosphere have increased markedly as
a result of human activities since 1750,
mainly from the use of fuels like oil, gas
and coal, and because of agriculture
THE OUTLOOK

Hotter temperature and rises in sea level

would continue for centuries no matter how
much humans control their pollution. It is very
likely that heat waves, hot weather, and
heavy rainfalls could become more frequent.
Toward the end of the century, sea ice in
Arctic may disappear almost entirely in
summer.
TEMPERATURE CHANGE

As temperatures rise, between 1.1 billion

and 3.2 billion will suffer from water
scarcity and between 200 million and 600
million more persons will go hungry by
year 2080.
Predicted temperature rises of 2-11.5
degrees Fahrenheit by the year 2100.
SEA LEVELS

The increase in sea levels can cause

oceans to overflow and may cause the
disappearance of some countries which
can cause mass migrations.
Projected to rise by 7-23 inches at the
end of the century. An additional 3.9
7.8 inches are possible if recent,
surprising melting of polar ice sheets
continues.
HURRICANES
An increase in hurricane and tropical cyclone strength
since 1970 more likely than not can be attributed to
man-made global warming. Scientists said global
warmings connection varies with storms in different
parts of the world, but that it influences the storms that
strike America.
Man-made factors have likely contributed to changes
in wind patterns. It also is likely that typhoons and
hurricanes will become more intense, with stronger
winds and heaviest rains.
EXTINCTION

Global warming may cause the extinction

of about 25 percent of mammals and 12
percent of birds.
Numerous plant and animal species,
alrady weakened by pollution and loss of
habitat, are not expected to survive the
next 100 years.
Several factors that directly connect climate
change and agricultural productivity

1. Average temperature increase

2. Change in rainfall amount and patterns
3. Rising atmospheric concentrations of CO2
4. Pollution levels such as tropospheric ozone
5. Change in climatic variability and extreme events
What are to be done?

To reduce global warming by stabilizing

concentrations of greenhouse gases.

Channeling of grants and loan to poor

countries so that they can help solve the
problem.