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EGS1003: Section on International Environmental Justice and the Climate Change Challenge

EGS1003: Section on International Environmental Justice and the Climate Change Challenge Mary Lawhon ( marylawhon@gmail.com ). This work by Mary Lawhon is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.

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EGS1003: Section on International Environmental Justice and the Climate Change Challenge

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  1. EGS1003: Section on International Environmental Justice and the Climate Change Challenge Mary Lawhon (marylawhon@gmail.com) This work by Mary Lawhon is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.

  2. The earth has always experienced natural variability of different degrees • Ice ages • Extinctions • Current challenge • Rate of change • Potential tipping point?

  3. http://mmazroui.kau.edu.sa/Files/0003580/Galleries/450/earth.jpghttp://mmazroui.kau.edu.sa/Files/0003580/Galleries/450/earth.jpg

  4. Water resources • Agriculture • Disease • Industry, transport • Urban issues • Tourism • Biodiversity • Development and poverty alleviation Social, Economic, Political and Biophysical costs

  5. Temperatures are very likely to increase by between 1.4 and 5.8 deg C by 2100 • Sea levels are very likely to rise by between 0.1 and 0.9 m • Extreme events are very likely to increase (such as droughts and floods) • Vulnerable people will be impacted most

  6. http://panda.org/about_our_earth/aboutcc/problems/people_at_risk/personal_stories/witness_stories/http://panda.org/about_our_earth/aboutcc/problems/people_at_risk/personal_stories/witness_stories/ http://wwf.panda.org/about_our_earth/aboutcc/problems/people_at_risk/personal_stories/witness_stories/?200208/Nosy-Hara-Madagascar Mugaaju Asman, Uganda - biophysical impacts - socio-economic impacts

  7. Mitigation • Decreasing emissions • Protocols for decreasing emissions are in place • More efficient energy use is possible Adaptation • Adaptation to climate change is possible • Humans can adapt in anticipation • Natural system can only adapt in response to change

  8. http://panda.org/about_our_earth/aboutcc/problems/people_at_risk/personal_stories/witness_stories/http://panda.org/about_our_earth/aboutcc/problems/people_at_risk/personal_stories/witness_stories/ http://wwf.panda.org/about_our_earth/aboutcc/problems/people_at_risk/personal_stories/witness_stories/?200208/Nosy-Hara-Madagascar All web links were checked in November 2011 Acknowledgements Some of the slide material in this presentation is from Gina Ziervogel and Bruce Hewitson.

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