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Change in atmospheric temperature

Change in atmospheric temperature. Any idea ….. Why?. Climate Change. Increasing heat is because of climate change—Experts. What is Climate Change?. Climate Change. Dictionary: Long term change in the earth's climate. A change due to an increase in the average atmospheric temperature.

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Change in atmospheric temperature

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  1. Change in atmospheric temperature • Any idea • ….. Why?

  2. Climate Change • Increasing heat is because of climate change—Experts

  3. What is Climate Change?

  4. Climate Change Dictionary: Long term change in the earth's climate

  5. A change due to an increase in the average atmospheric temperature

  6. Impacts of climate change on people and food

  7. Food insecurity

  8. Food Insecurity: Not just for human

  9. Food insecurity • National Nutrition Survey (NNS) 2011. • In Sindh70 percent 35 million • facing food insecurity

  10. Food insecurity –NNS-2011 • Among total 70 percent 51 percent are women (among those 52 percent are pregnant women) without food. • Anemic Women and Malnourished children • If so the what about Polio and other health campaign??

  11. Floods: another example of climate change

  12. Floods: • Infrastructure ---- fertile lands, water courses, roads, houses, toilets, schools, hospitals, government buildings and above all the dreams

  13. Super Flood 2010 • Victim: 20 million people • Destruction of property, livelihood and infrastructure • Death toll of close to 2,000.

  14. Pakistani government estimated • The number of individuals affected by the flooding exceeds the combined total of individuals affected by • The 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami • The 2005 Kashmir earthquake • The 2010 Haiti earthquake

  15. Desertification Increasing deserts/ barren land / less agricultural products

  16. Barren land

  17. Due to Climate Change • Deserts will expand • Melting of sea ice that will cause increase in sea level • Melting of glaciers • Extreme weather • Heat waves • Droughts and heavy rainfall • Species extinctions due to shifting temperature regimes and changes in crop yields

  18. Climate Change: • Energy Crisis • Power Shutdown • Closer of Industries on massive level (poverty, GDP, national loss) or shifting on natural gas (even wood, mangroves are best example), which will bring more loss

  19. Climate Change: Reasons • Increase in global temperature is a result of human activities

  20. Increase in human populations • They need to consume more food (means natural resources) • They need more vehicles to move (consumption of fuel and produce more smoke, heat in the atmosphere)

  21. Increase in human populations • To fulfill the increasing needs of human we need more industries (means more consumption of energy and raw material from nature; and get more emission, industrial waste in the atmosphere) • More pollution in water bodies, wetlands

  22. Deforestation (Reducing forests)

  23. Better forests –Less poverty

  24. Forersts are not just for human

  25. Increasing barren land, decreasing forests: • Urbanization: • We need more wood and also fertile agricultural land to construct more houses in cities

  26. Forest cover: Instead of 25% we have 4.8 %

  27. Environmental neglect & degradation Pakistan pays Rs.365 billion annually --UNDP

  28. What to do???

  29. As a journalist know about • Global Environmental issues • Local Environmental issues • Different conventions, agreements to protect environment signed by Pakistan (a commitment with international communities) • Explore new local issues

  30. Prize:Media awards

  31. Pakistan • Ramsar Convention on wetland • Ramsar sites in Pakistan • Local laws • Pakistan Environmental Protection Act, 1997 • Game sanctuary • For example of pouring of poison in Indus Dolphin Reserve (violation of Ramsar, PEP Act 1997, game sanctuary, article-06 of UN Human Rights declaration) –Manchhar issue

  32. Green journalist can protect communities , natural resources

  33. Thank you

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