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introducing UN role on Environment

By Jenny Liu. introducing UN role on Environment. Contents. 1. 3. 2. Issues with current UN system. Environmental problems and current UN efforts. Solutions. 1. Environmental problems and current UN efforts. Global climate change The ozone layer

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  1. By Jenny Liu introducingUN role on Environment

  2. Contents 1 3 2 Issues with current UN system Environmental problems and current UN efforts Solutions

  3. 1 Environmental problems and current UN efforts

  4. Global climate change • The ozone layer • Biological magnification/Bioaccumulation • Threatening biodiversity

  5. So WHAT are the causes and effects of Climate Change? • Carbon Dioxide • Methane • Nitrous Oxide • CFCs • F-gases • HFCs • SF6 • PFCs Causes of Climate Change

  6. What is the current UN system? • Kyoto Protocol • Set goals for countries to limit their emission amount • Commits the countries to their promises • Puts pressure on developed countries • International Emissions Trade • Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) • Join Implementation (JI) • BUT… EXPIRED!

  7. What replaced Kyoto? Doha Amendment • New commitments from 1 January 2013 to 31 December 2020; • Revised greenhouse gas list • Improvements based on Kyoto.

  8. Global climate change • The ozone layer • Biological magnification/Bioaccumulation • Threatening biodiversity

  9. Antarctica ozone hole = U.S. * 3 • UV rays • Increase cancer: Prevention is the best solution • "ozone-depleting substances" (ODS)

  10. September 16 the International Day for the Protection of the Ozone Layer • Montreal Protocol – limits the production of ozone-depleting substances UN actions

  11. Global climate change • The ozone layer • Biological magnification/ • Bioaccumulation • Threatening biodiversity

  12. Global climate change • The ozone layer • Biological magnification/Bioaccumulation • Threatening biodiversity

  13. "What we are seeing today is a total disaster, no country has met its targets to protect nature. We are losing biodiversity at an unprecedented rate. If current levels (of destruction) go on we will reach a tipping point very soon. The future of the planet now depends on governments taking action in the next few years.” - Ahmed Djoghlaf Secretary-general of UN Convention on Biological Diversity

  14. Invasive Species and Biodiversity • $1.4 trillion annually, world-wide • Since 2009, “we need to do something” • WHAT?

  15. 2 Issues with Current UN System

  16. Presently • Have a conference • Decide on problem • Identify solution • Create protocol/amendment • Signature • Action?

  17. How could it improve? …The UN System…

  18. What is the progress? Kyoto Protocol • 33/191 parties had improvement stats • 12/33 above 1% Montreal Protocol • What happened? Invasive Species? Biodiversity? Bioaccumulation?

  19. Example: Kyoto • Below 5% below 1990 before 2012  government • Take notice… that’s just towards the government • But… 94% emission comes from the people • ???

  20. UNEP is loosely organized? According to Fox News, a study reports that UNEP • Doesn’t adequately check out the credentials of its partners, especially in the private sector;  • Doesn’t even keep adequate records of who it is partnering with, or how well they do at the projects they promise to accomplish;  • Has failed to keep track of millions of dollars raised by some partners, and passed on by UNEP to others outside the normal U.N. financial accounting system;  • Frequently fails to include “essential” information on financial documents;  • Lets officials who don’t have the proper authorization sign off on payouts;  • And has sometimes used high-minded partnership arrangements to cover purely commercial ventures. 

  21. Keep on climbing We need to do better

  22. 3 Solutions

  23. Collaboration The world is more than just governments

  24. Why is the issue important? What happened? What action is taken? How many people know? … the future of the planet now depends on governments taking action in the next few years.”

  25. What the UN can do • Work together with other UN programs • Education • Prioritize • Advocate

  26. Get people’s attention Environment and peace are a package deal.

  27. Conclusion • Four major problems: Climate Change, Ozone Layer, Bioaccumulation, Biodiversity • UN lacks advertising and needs more action • Solution: • educate people • nonprofit advertising • know when to target people and when to target government ….

  28. The UN Will Succeed in Helping Our Planet Thank you for your time!

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  30. Citations (continue) "Emissions Trading." Emissions Trading. N.p., n.d. Web. Jan. 2013. http://unfccc.int/kyoto_protocol/mechanisms/emissions_trading/items/2731.php "What Is the Kyoto Protocol?" COP17. N.p., n.d. Web. Jan. 2013. <http://www.cop17-cmp7durban.com/en/frequently-asked-questions/what-is-the-kyoto-protocol.html>. "US Climate Action Report 2010.” print. Jan. 2013. <http://unfccc.int/resource/docs/natc/usa_nc5.pdf>. Heuvel, Katrina Vanden. "Avoiding a Climate-change Apocalypse." Washington Post. The Washington Post, 09 Jan. 2013. Web. Jan. 2013. <http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/katrina-vanden-heuvel-a-climate-change apocalypse/2013/01/07/f440d704-58e4-11e2-9fa9-5fbdc9530eb9_story.html>.

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  32. Thanks!

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