Challanges for the planet Flashcards
Effects of climate change on the environment and people
Rising sea levels
Kiribati
23 Islands only 1m above sea level
Evacuate islands as environmental refugees
Effects of climate change on the environment and people
Retreating glaciers
Nef glacier, Chile
90% of those found in Antartica are retreating
Retreated 2 miles since 1930
Effects of climate change on the environment and people
Coral bleaching
Great Barrier Reef
Gbr will be dead in the next 39 years
Response to climate change
Green deal
Uk government launched it in 1997
Loans are given to homeowners to make homes more energy efficient
Effects and management of recourse extraction in tropical rainforest
Oriente Ecuador
Texaco and maxis extracted oil in the oriente
17 million pound gallons of waste oil leaked into rainforest
Huoarani and Secoya have been poisoned
Stomach cancer 5x more likely and miscarriages
Effects and management of recourse extraction in tropical rainforest
Oriente Ecuador
Management
Maxis every has put pipeline underneath rainforest floor so oil can be extracted without damaging
$40 million has been given to texaco for clean up for area 160 to 600 unlined waste pits
Sustainable rainforest management
Bolivia Eco lodge
Lodge is made from local natural resources
Tourist numbers are limited
Tourists go on boats to there
Solar panels are used to power the lodge
Sustainable rainforest management
Costa Rica
Talamanca sustainable techniques used
Intercropping is used
Occasionally old trees are cut down and buffalos are used as transport for timber
Effects of climate change on the environment and people
Crop yield
India
More droughts will occur
50% of land can’t grow wheat
Sustainable businesses
Tescos
Zero carbon business initiative to be carbon neutral by 2050
Goods are packed more efficiently in trucks which are double decked
Since 2010 they have sent zero waste to landfill
Greener living website
Sustainable businesses
Marks and Spencer’s
Plan A Doubled its recycling 92% Cut packaging by 20% Charge 5p for bags Sold food last day of shelf life
Responses to climate change
Kyoto protocol
Signed in 1997 and began in 2005
2008- 181 countries signed it
USA did not sign up and canada pulled out in 2011
Sustainable transport
Congestion charging
Introduced in 2003
Motorists charged 10 pound per day to enter Central London
Monday- Friday 7am till 6pm
Children charged 70p
Sustainable transport
Park and ride
Edinburgh
5 park and rides
2.50
Children charged 70p
Sustainable transport
Hoy no Circula
Mexico City
Car owners are banned from driving into the city centre five days per month
Based on the last 2 numbers on drivers plate
