OUR CHANGING

CLIMATE
Presented by
Athul Ramesh
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What is Climate?

Climate is the average weather in a place over many

years.
While the weather can change in just a few hours,
climate takes hundreds, thousands, even millions of
years to change
The simplest way to describe climate is to look at
average temperature and precipitation over time.
 What is Climate Change?
Climate change is the change in our
weather patterns that are occurring
because of an increase in the earth's
average temperature.
It is also known as global
warming.

The role of human activity

Climate change may result from both
natural and human causes, though the
human causes appear to be increasingly
responsible for climate change over the
past few decades.
THE BIGGEST THREAT
 Causes.

External causes
Solar activity
Earths orbit

Internal causes Internal causes

Natural Anthropogenic
Volcanic eruption Emissions of greenhouse gases
Ocean currents Land change
Temperatures are rising rapidly,
following increases in CO2 emissions
and concentrations
 Key Findings
The bottom graphs shows carbon emissions
the beige bands shows emission due to land use
Fossil fuel emission have increased dramatically

The middle beige graph shows increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide

emissions
the current concentration is 406.6 ppm due to industrialization.

The pink line shows rise in global average surface temperature and has
paralleled carbon dioxide concentration.
The global average temperature increased 0.7C during the past century
 Evidences of climate
change
Global temperature rise
Warming oceans
Shrinking ice sheets
Sea level rise
Global Facts on Climate Change

Snow cover is down 10% in the last 40 years.

Arctic summer sea ice is likely to disappear in
second half of century.
Carbon Dioxide levels in the Earth's atmosphere
have increased by 30% in the last 200 years
alone.
Global temperature changes by the end of the
century could be as high as 6.4C.
Sea levels around the world are likely to rise by
28-43cm by the end of the century.
 Climate Change study in
Uttarakhand
ORGANISATION(S) INVOLVED-Research Foundation for Science ,
Technology and Ecology, New Delhi.
LOCATION-The Case is located in the Himalayan Region of India
OBSERVATIONS
In the year 2009, sporadic rainfall occurred during March and April, in
the high altitudes.
The entire winter season went dry, not even a single spell of rain was
observed in the entire winter as well as in the summer.
This drought has resulted into a 30% loss in Rabi crops in high altitude
zones .
Outburst of damping off disease was also reported.
spring season appears to be shifted about a month earlier
Effects of Climate Change

Increased heat-related mortality and illness associated

with heat waves
Changes to India's annual monsoon are expected to
result in severe droughts and intense flooding in parts of
India.
impact on food production.
Increased prevalence of some vector-borne diseases
Poor air quality and respiratory disorders.
Decrease biological diversity and environmental
degradation
Change in sea levels
Climate change has
Domino effects
Climate change connecting
to health issues
 Kyoto Protocol

The Kyoto Protocol is an international treaty which

extends the 1992 United Nations Framework Convention
on Climate Change (UNFCCC) .
It commits State Parties to reduce greenhouse gas
emissions.
There are currently 192 parties to the Protocol.
Objective - to reduce greenhouse gas concentrations to
"a level that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic
interference with the climate system"
Strategies to combat Climate
Change
Infrastructure Upgrade
investing in thicker insulation and other temperature-regulating
steps can save money in the long run.
Be Efficient
A potentially simpler and even bigger impact can be made by
doing more with less.
Stop Cutting Down Trees
Timber harvesting in the tropics alone contributes 1.5 billion
metric tons of carbon to the atmosphere.
Decarbonising current energy infrastructure-
Utilising renewable and alternative energy sources
Mitigation
Lowering carbon dioxide levels
Conclusion

Human-induced climate change has contributed to

changing patterns of extreme weather across the globe,
from longer and hotter heat waves to heavier rains.
The optimal solution requires changes in behaviour,
technologies and practices to enable a transition to
sustainability
Early planning for health can reduce future adverse
health impacts.
The patterns of weather condition will not anymore be
predictable.
Climate change will effect all sectors of human and
natural systems
YOU HAVE A CHOICE
You can choose to
SAVE THE EARTH
Take a pledge today to adopt the
strategies to reduce climate change
and lets all join in the effort to
make the
earth smile again