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Korea and the World (6) Global Warming & Climate Change

Korea and the World (6) Global Warming & Climate Change. 2010. 10. 12 김 병 구 bkkim9@gmail.com. This Week in Brief. 외국학생 전용 한국어 시험제도 확대 A-TOPIK, 교과부 국제교육원 2012 부터 IND 찌아찌아족 한글교사 양성 한글 공식문자로 최초 채택 헝가리 독성폐기물 다뉴브강 오염 헝가리 - 세르비아 - 불가리아 - 루마니아 - 흑해 UN-FAO 식량위기 22 개국 진단

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Korea and the World (6) Global Warming & Climate Change

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  1. Korea and the World(6)Global Warming & Climate Change 2010. 10. 12 김 병 구 bkkim9@gmail.com

  2. This Week in Brief • 외국학생 전용 한국어 시험제도 확대 • A-TOPIK, 교과부 국제교육원 2012부터 • IND 찌아찌아족 한글교사 양성 • 한글 공식문자로 최초 채택 • 헝가리 독성폐기물 다뉴브강 오염 • 헝가리-세르비아-불가리아-루마니아-흑해 • UN-FAO 식량위기 22개국 진단 • 소말리아, 수단, 북한 등 최소 8년간 식량위기

  3. 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

  4. The World is Getting Warmer

  5. Sea Levels Are Rising

  6. Snow cover is disappearing

  7. Global Warming - Mechanism • 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

  8. Global Warming - Mitigations • Low carbon green growth economy • Energy efficiency, conservation efforts • Introduce carbon tax system • UN climate change initiatives • Kyoto Protocol expires in 2012 • New Protocol in Copenhagen, Dec. 2009

  9. 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

  10. “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 Prize Increase global awareness Identify the causes, mechanism Develop mitigation strategy www.climatecrisis.net

  11. Homework • What is my feeling about the global warming, and how serious is it?

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