GLOBAL WARMING –CLIMATE CHANGE

SHIBA SANKAR BEHERA

RAVENSHAW MANAGEMENT CENTRE, CUTTACK
The Global Picture
GLOBAL
WARMING
 Global System
“Everything is Connected to
Everything Else”

Biodiversity

Business Water

Population
Land - Food
Poverty-Wealth
Sustainability
Energy
Technology
Globalization
Human Health
Climate Change
 ‘Greenhouse’ Effect
 Without it, life on Earth as we know it
would not be possible
 System Stress

Limited Resources

 Energy
 Water
Planetary System
 Food
 Habitat

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 Global Climate Change
++++++++++

“A Legacy of Progress”

“During the past 20,000 years, a 5° to 6°C change in

temperature dramatically altered regional
distribution of forests, prairies and wetlands….

The past 150 years has witnessed the 1st , and now
the 2nd, Industrial Revolution

During the next 75 years, or less, we may be facing

temperature increases in Ontario that equal or
eclipse these levels – our thirst for the fossil fuels
and what they provide is contributing significantly
to this situation.
Models are becoming more
complex
 Implications of System
Stress
 Climate-induced changes, particularly over a
short time frame, represent a significant stress
– one that is likely to be expressed by
significant mortality of species incapable of
relatively rapid adjustment

 Stress pre-disposes the terrestrial systems to

attack by insects, disease and/or fire.
 Stress is Cumulative, and Once Stressed,
a System is More Vulnerable to Subsequent
Stress
Drought
Insect Attack

Death
Fungus Attack
Population
 Population
obal Population doubled in 40 years, Additional Tid-Bits
will it double again by 2050 ??
 Even if birth rate declines the

net affect is upward due to:

Population - Billions
10 • life expectancy  today’s baby girl
9 • “fix your body” technology
8
7 ?
6
 China + India = 2,500,000,000
5 Growth = 1.2% / year. So?
4
3
2
1
0
1950 1975 2000 2050
Impact on Finite Resources
“Energy”
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Energy
 What About Energy Choices
The
plus 25% of Alberta’s
Tar Sands ? 20% of Canada’s Natural Gas is
fresh water supply !
used to extract tar sands oil !!
Solar 1%
Petroleum
Natural Gas
30%
24% Wood 38%
Global
“Cheap” Depletion
Alcohol Fuel 1%
Peak is Imminent
Close Waste 8%
? Renewal Wind 1%
Energy
$& Dirty 7%
Fear Stuff Conventional
Hydroelectric
Nuclear Electric Coal 46%
Power 23%
8%
5 Million Chinese work in 25,000
coal mines  70% of the Energy Geothermal 2%
So, are “WE” Ready to
Change ?
 Top Oil Consumers
“ Where Does Canada Sit” ?
2002 2025
Millions of Barrels per Day

30

20

10

0
US China Japan Russia India Brazil Canada

But! Per capita Canada is 3rd

 Culture For Energy
Not Conservation Friendly Motivated to Change…???

More Efficient

Urban
Less Dispersed
Sprawl

Greener

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