Korea and the World (6)Global Warming & Climate

Change 2011. 4. 12김 병 구

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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”

• 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 PrizeIncrease global awarenessIdentify the causes, mechanismDevelop mitigation strategy

www.climatecrisis.net

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

The World is Getting Warmer

Sea Levels Are Rising

Snow cover is disappearing

Global Warming - Mecha-nism

• 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

Global Warming - Mitiga-tions

• Low carbon green growth economy• Energy efficiency, conservation ef -

forts• Introduce carbon tax system• UN climate change initiatives• Kyoto Protocol expires in 2012• New Protocol in Copenhagen, Dec.

2009

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

Home work• What is my feeling about the global

warming, and how serious is it?