climate change UK and Bangladesh case study Flashcards
how much money did the thames barrier cost
20 billion
how long did it take to construct the thames barrier
8 years
how much is the UK climate expected to rise in the next 50 years
2-4*C
why is london vulnerable to extreme heat and flooding
the urban heat island effect
- tarmac being a darker surface so absorbs more heat - + more combustion due to denser population
the flood risk of bangladesh
60% of the country lies 10m above sea level
+ based in the trops so more frequency of cyclones
how many homes have been constructed along the thames
100,000 homes
how much carbon does the average UK person emit
10 tonnes of C per hectare
why is the thames barrier adaptation stratagey innefective in the long term
shifts storm surges to bridge water so doesnt avoid impacts on country - just city
sea levels will continue to rise and will soon overcome the barrier - too costly to repair it or build a new one
when was the thames barrier constructed
1981
what is NIMBYS’m
not in my back yard syndrome
1/3 UK citazens reject having a small scale wind farm in their back yard to increase uses of renewable energy.
when did london experience its heatwave
2003
what does the IPCC predict about temp rise by the end of the century in bangladesh
4C rise in temp - needs to keep to 2C or lower
how much does the average indian citazen emit
0.96 tonnes of C per hectare
why does bangladesh only adapt and not mitigate
they do not have enough money
adaptation stratagies are not effective enough to reducd the impacts of climate change:
salt tollerent rice crops
residing on boats to avoud floods
pump rain water into aquifers
what are the two major climate change funds directed at mitigation in bangladesh
by the world bank - half a million £
how much has the UK recieved in funding for mitigation and when
£4 billion from the EU bank after the ckimate change act of 2008
what are the limitations to success of international agreements?
- diffucult to establish if not every gov is stable and strong
- expensive
- liklihood of economic recession if the price of fossil feuls rise (cost of living)
- COP meeting are considered clever PR and creative advertising
what were the failures of the kyoto protocol
1997 - many countries failed to ratify the agreement
becuase of economic interdependecny of each country
some emmissions rose rather than fell
what were the failures of the copenhagen 2009 meeting
did not address concerns of erosion of sovreignty if agreed to the act
no quantative target for emissions reduction
no implications from developed world helping the developing world financially
failures of the paris agreement 2015
global banks invested £1.9 billion into fossil feuls
too expensive for some countries
a consequential recession may cause CC to slip down the econ. agenda
attempting to rplace fossil feuls with renewable enrgy is too optimistic
failures of cop26 in glasgow
some countries infer that they wont be reducing carbon emissions by 2040 or later
no progress in CC finance for developing world
developing countries need £70 billion per year for adaptation alone - and this will double by 2030
failures of cop27 in egypt - sharm el sheikh
- not take seriously
- suspected human rights violation
- rate of CC is exceeding rates of action taken to ammend it
