Climate change Flashcards
remember the institutes and their protocols
Black Carbon (Soot
Warms Earth by reducing Albedo on snow - Strongest absorber of sunlight - Short-lived -> week
Nitrous Oxide (N2O), major emitting countries and source and difference from other nitrogen gases
300x potent than CO2
Driver of stratospheric ozone depletion
Agriculture-> 70% of all N20 emission
Highest emission->India, China & Brazil -
NO & NO2 -> Cooling gases || N20-> GHG
Montreal Protocol banned
Chlorofluoro carbons (CFCs)
Sulphur Hexafluoride (SF6)
Magnesium processing - Tracer gas for leak detection
Carbon Bomb and example
Project that emits a Gigaton of CO2 . Eg Gevra Coal Mines(CH) by Coal India
Major carbon emissions sectors, states and industry
Electricity sector -> 35% of emission
TN & MP
Cement (60% of india)
Types of Clouds which have dual effect on our climate
Thick+low clouds->“strong coolers” Thin+high clouds -> “strong warmers
World Energy Outlook 2021 Report
By IEA is an autonomous org, 1974 in Paris
ii. Estb by OECD during 1973 oil crisis
iii. Only OECD member can become members of IEA
iv. Indian and China are not its members
1/3rd of global coal exports + largest exporter of coal and liquefied natural gas(LNG)
Australia
Zombie fire (holdover fire)
burn for long periods underground i. Come back to life after being thought to be extinguished ii. Peatland
Barbados Program of Action
Sea Level Change
Regional Sea Level Rise (SLR)
Giant Sea Wall or “Giant Garuda”-> Indonesia Coastal develop e. Northern European Enclosure Dam (NEED) i. enclosing all of the North Sea
Decreasing order of Carbon Sinks in different climatic conditions
High latitude forests store more carbon than tropical rainforests
Countries with highest Climate Migrants in Africa
Chad, the DRC, Niger and Guinea-Bissau
