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

Korea and the World (6) Global Warming & Climate Change. 2011. 4. 12 김 병 구 bkkim9@gmail.com. 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 ”.

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

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  1. Korea and the World(6)Global Warming & Climate Change 2011. 4. 12 김 병 구 bkkim9@gmail.com

  2. 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

  3. “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 www.climatecrisis.net

  4. 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

  5. The World is Getting Warmer

  6. Sea Levels Are Rising

  7. Snow cover is disappearing

  8. 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

  9. 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

  10. 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

  11. Homework • What is my feeling about the global warming, and how serious is it?

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