Climate Change - Climate Crisis

 Greenhouse Gases Have Already Reached Dangerous Tipping Point
 

Climate change, or global warming, is the greatest environmental threat we've ever faced. How we respond to this crisis will greatly impact both current and future generations and all other species.

The global carbon dioxide equivalent of greenhouse gases ( GHG ) in the atmosphere has exceeded 400 parts per million ( NOAA ). This level is considered a tipping point.

"There is alarming evidence that important tipping points, leading to irreversible changes in major ecosystems and the planetary climate system, may already have been reached or passed. Ecosystems as diverse as the Amazon rainforest and the Arctic tundra, for example, may be approaching thresholds of dramatic change through warming and drying. Mountain glaciers are in alarming retreat and the downstream effects of reduced water supply in the driest months will have repercussions that transcend generations. Climate feedback systems and environmental cumulative effects are building across Earth systems demonstrating behaviors we cannot anticipate.

"The potential for runaway greenhouse warming is real and has never been more present. The most dangerous climate changes may still be avoided if we transform our hydrocarbon based energy systems and if we initiate rational and adequately financed adaptation programs to forestall disasters and migrations at unprecedented scales. The tools are available, but they must be applied immediately and aggressively." 

Global temperatures are now the highest in 4,000 years.

Report from National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration:

In 2015.

"When I look at this data, the trend is perfectly in line with a temperature increase of 6 degrees Celsius (by 2050), which would have devastating consequences for the planet."

On a positive note, research indicate that global emissions of carbon dioxide from the energy sector stalled in 2014, marking the first time in 40 years in which there was a halt or reduction in emissions of the greenhouse gas that was not tied to an economic downturn.

Report from the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA):

" In 2012, there were 905 natural catastrophes worldwide—and 93 percent of these events were weather-related disasters"."Climate disasters are. . . up from around 50 percent from two decades ago. These disasters take a heavier human toll and come with a higher price tag.  In the last decade, 2.4 billion people were affected by climate related disasters, compared to 1.7 billion in the previous decade. The cost of responding to disasters has risen tenfold between 1992 and 2008".

"Destructive sudden heavy rains, intense tropical storms, repeated flooding and droughts are likely to increase, as will the vulnerability of local communities in the absence of strong concerted action."

"Climate change is not just a distant future threat. It is the main driver behind rising humanitarian needs and we are seeing its impact. 

The number of people affected and the damages inflicted by extreme weather has been unprecedented."

"Unless we can reduce the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere to 350 parts per million, we will cause huge and irreversible damage to the earth."

Save nature to fight against climate change

Problems that are arising due to global warming

1.Rising sea levels
2.Violent storms
3.Melting of glaciers
4.Droughts and floods

The world’s poorest people, and rural communities in particular, will be affected the most, especially
those living in vulnerable ecosystems, such as low-lying islands or arid areas.
However, there is an answer – using what nature has already provided to help guard against
these threats.

KEY ISSUES:

We must save forests to prevent climate change.
Forests can help to store carbon and lead to a reduction in greenhouse gases, helping to cool our planet.
They are also important for conserving species and providing livelihoods for natural resource dependent local communities.
Equity between the North and South. All developed countries should realize the damage that they have done
to the global environment through greenhouse gas emissions.
They must support developing countries to adapt to the impacts of climate change.
Healthy environments provide means for people to make a living , store carbon and
other greenhouse gases, and can reduce the impacts of climate change-related natural hazards,
such as increased flooding, higher temperatures and rising sea levels.

List of critically endangered animals

COMMON NAME    CONSERVATION STATUS ↓
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Amur Leopard                     Critically Endangered
Black Rhino                         Critically Endangered
Cross River Gorilla               Critically Endangered
Hawksbill Turtle                   Critically Endangered
Javan Rhino                          Critically Endangered

We should also save our endangered animals.

We should notice these things

Shanti Tekam, a woman from a remote Madhya Pradesh  village, walked on to the stage on Friday night to receive an award on behalf of her community for saving forests, she realized how the world was looking at her with respect.

We can save electric power by 40,000 crs. if we use LED bulbs.

Due to global warming and lots of problems are coming

1. Less Rainfall
2. Increase of Sea water Level
3. Climate Changes

We need to learn

Singapore

Singapore is the smallest country in Southeast Asia but it is one of the best places to live in Asia. Here people get good water, proper water conservation, pure air, clean energy, controlled traffic and efficient energy supply.

We have to learn few things from Singapore

• ·         In 1967, the Government had launched ‘Singapore Clean Campaign’ and this was soon followed by the Public Health Law.

•       Even today it has adhered to the objectives of the campaign.·       

• ·         The Government has always emphasized on making Singapore a ‘Garden City’, with key focus on urban planning and pollution control. This is the will power of the Singapore government that today the city is clean and green.

• ·         People drink fresh and clean drinking water.

• ·         There are progressive environmental policies in the country. Government takes steps to conserve the natural resources of the country.

• ·         Also, the Government had come up with the scheme of providing Government-subsidized low-income housing. This was an indirect way to provide access to household sanitation. The availability of affordable public housing led to a large number of people moving from unfit slum housing or kampong, where open defecation was common, to houses with access to personal safe sanitation.

• ·         There are various initiatives undertaken on a regular basis such as ‘Clean & Green Singapore Schools Carnival’, ‘Bring Your Own Bag Day’ at supermarkets etc. which have played important roles in trying to make Singapore ‘a city within a garden’.

Dirty Picture of India

This is really bad to know that in Delhi people use to bath with the Yamuna water which is totally polluted.
During kumbha mela people drop few coins and gold into the water and some people have use to pick those coins and golds from water.This is really incredible in India.

GREEN CITIES

List of green cities of the world 

 

1.  Copenhagen.

2. Amsterdam.         

                                 

 3. Stockholm
                                   

                                       

 4. Vancouver.
                             

 5. London.

                                

6. Berlin.

                         

7. New York.

8. Singapore. 

 9. Helsinki.

10. Oslo.

               

Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission(Govt. of India)

                                            Solar Home Lighting System

Name of equipments provided by the government

1.Two Batteries  20,000 Rupees
2.One Inverter   12,000  Rupees
3.Solar Panel      25,000  Rupees

Energy Provided by Solar System

1.8 CFL Bulbs   upto 200W
2.4 Fans upto 450W
3.One TV upto 120W

Cost 60,000 rupees but condition apply*.
*30,000 initial payment after 3 months of successful running of solar system and rest by bank loan.

and repayment will be upto 5 years.

After 5 years battery will be changed and cost will be 5000 rupees.

Contact to your ration dealer or block employee.

SAVE ENERGY

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        CFL Bulbs                          Incandescent Light Bulb                     LED Bulb

Power:        5 W to 60 W                           100 W                           5W to 60 W
Electricity  767KWh/Yr.                            3285KWh/Yr.               329KWh/Yr.
Used
Volt:          220 V                                       220-240 V                     220 V
Price:        140-300                                   15-30                             140-300
Life:          1 year                                      1-2 Yrs                          4-5 Yr.

DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THAMES AND YAMUNA

Name: Yamuna 
Location: Delhi, UttarPradesh, India
Length: 1370 km (851 miles)
Width: 22km
Source: Yamunotri 
Mouth: Triveni Sangam

River Yamuna also known as river Jumna. River Yamuna is named after Yami, the sister of Yama, the god of death.It is the major river of the north India, especially in Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh. The popular belief is that, those who take a dip inits holy waters are not captured by the fears of death.
About 60 million people depend on Yamuna waters. Available water treatment facilities are not capable of removing the pesticide traces. Water works laboratories cannot even detect them. Worse, Yamuna leaves Delhi as a sewer, with the city’s biological and chemical wastes. All most, 96% of natural fresh water is taken away after a few kilometers of Yamuna’s birth. Officially Dead Indian government’s own websites claim that there is not a drop of natural river water after it flows through Delhi. This happened due to the Hathnikund dam which is built in Haryana. At first, rivers were treated like very special holyplaces, but now people throw garbage and pollute the river through all the chemical waste that comes from the factories. Moreover people perform religious rituals and pollute the river by disposing flowers, idols of god sand goddesses, dead bodies etc. “few come to the Yamuna River in Delhi now to bathe in the black, foul-smelling and stagnant water, or to stand on river bank slittered with mountains of garbage.”, this is what I got from one of the sites I was searching on, and it was not a pleasant sight.

Name: Thames
Location: England, U.K
Length: 346 km (215 miles)
Width: 826.8 f (252 meters)
Source: Thames head, Gloucestershire
Mouth: Thames Estuary, North sea

There are many different industries along the Thames. Industries along the Thames.Two-thirds of the water used in Britain comes from river sand lakes, and a third from groundwater . Perhaps surprisingly, water for cooling in electricity generating stations is the biggest use, followed by fishing, farming and industrial uses.The second largest use of river water is for the public water supply.Motorboats are common on the Thames. Portsand shipyards are constructed bythe sea.Fishing is one of the most popular sport of Britain.Also, River Thames ishome to over 120 fish species. River Thames is the cleanest river in the world that flows through a major city. Although, it is amazing that fifty years ago the river was so polluted that it was declared biologically dead. Thus, from 1830 to 1860 tens of thousands of people died of cholera as a result of the pollution in the Thames.Sewage was being discharged directly into the Thames. Despite the foul smell, people continued to wash and bathe and drink from the river. A few years later the curtains in the Houses of Parliament had to be soaked in lime to stop the odors (bad smells) from preventing government from carrying on. Also, in 1878 the pleasure steamship Princess Alice sunk in a river collision. Most of the 600 or so passengers who died did not die from drowning, they died because of the pollution in the river.Biologically dead! So if we talk about the daily commuters in Thames then I would say that it is worth a try going to a cruise in Thames. Well, except cruises there are a lot of other daily commuter.

like:
1. Ships
2. Boats
3. Cruises
4. Cargo

Yamuna is not used a lot for transportation or cargo, etc. However, sometimes people do go boating in the river. It was then decided that treatment plants should be built to clean the water from the Thames before it was pumped to homes. The treatment plants also cleaned the dirty water from homes before it went back into the Thames. Not only did the peoples health improve but also the water in the Thames became cleaner.During the Second World War (1939 - 45) many treatment plants were damaged by German bombs. A lot of dirty water went into the Thames and killed  the plants and fishes living in it. New treatment plants were built in the 1950s. In the 1960s new laws were made to stop factories from letting their dirty water go into the river.According to me, the conclusion I will have to make is that when river Thames was dirty, the people decided to clean it and put treatment plants because they knew the problem and the solution and they did take action. Whereas, for Yamuna we know the problem and the solution pretty well, we also have the power to do it. So, just one question: If they can do it why can’t we? Even though we can do
If we want to save the rivers should we protest, make a campaign or do it ourselves with the help of
others.