Whats Wrong With A Little Climate Change? Steria insight series

 WHAT’S WRONG with a little climate change recent scientific findings* * Warmer. Wetter. Wilder. More crowded than ever.  www.steria.no 20.09.2009 1 Climate change © Photo: Scanpix

 Like blades, phrases can be blunted by overuse. You may have heard about the dangers of “global warming and climate change”. It’s like old news. It hardly get you concerned. Well, there are some recent findings, and they are scaring the hell out of scientists. © Photo: Photodisc Singles  www.steria.no 20.09.2009 2 Climate change

 All the leading centres on climate change… © Photo: Scanpix / Corbis / David Pollack  UN climate change panel (IPCC)  NASA  World Resources Institute  Worldwatch Institute  Met Office Hadley Centre And thousands of other organizations…  www.steria.no 20.09.2009 3 Climate change

 Are all sounding a clear and urgent ALARM.  www.steria.no 20.09.2009 4 Climate change

 We are polluting the atmosphere with so much CO2, it is causing global overheating and dangerous climate changes  www.steria.no 20.09.2009 5 Climate change SOURCE: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), Climate Change 2007 – Synthesis Report PLACE: Chemical manufacturing facility in Australia © PHOTO: Scanpix / Reuters / Mick Tsikas

 The evidence is based on OBSERVATIONS across the globe.  www.steria.no 20.09.2009 6 Climate change

 NASA satellite images…  www.steria.no 20.09.2009 7 Climate change © Photo: Masterfile / Glen Wexler

 The CO2 Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii…  www.steria.no 20.09.2009 8 Climate change SOURCE: www.mlo.noaa.gov/ PLACE: Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawai, 3353m above sea level © PHOTO: NSO

 And many other climate observatories. © Photo: Office of Naval Research (ONR) Covering everything from the deep seas to the forests, mountains and atmosphere  www.steria.no 20.09.2009 9 Climate change

 So please, open your eyes and ears.  www.steria.no 20.09.2009 10 Climate change

 It’s time to take a wider perspective.  www.steria.no 20.09.2009 11 Climate change © Photo: tsintsin on flickr.com

 For the next 40 years there will be BIG and dramatic changes.  www.steria.no 20.09.2009 12 Climate change

 2 billion Expected increase in world population.  www.steria.no 20.09.2009 13 Climate change SOURCE: UN Population Division/DESA, Press release: World Population to exceed 9 billion by 2050, March 11, 2009 © PHOTO: Scanpix / Corbis / Alan Schein Photography

 400% The size of the world economy (GDP) is expected to be FOUR times as large as now.  www.steria.no 20.09.2009 14 Climate change SOURCE: European Comission, World Energy Technology Outlook to 2050, jan. 2007 PLACE: Ship near harbor in Singapore © PHOTO: Masterfile / R. Ian Lloyd

 200% Expected increase in world demand for energy will more than DOUBLE.  www.steria.no 20.09.2009 15 Climate change SOURCE: European Comission, World Energy Technology Outlook to 2050, 2007 PLACE: Chicago © PHOTO: Scanpix / Folio / Tor Lindberg

 300% The number of cars in the world is expected to TRIPLE.  www.steria.no 20.09.2009 16 Climate change SOURCE: 50 by 50: Global Fuel Economy Initiative, 2009: FIA Foundation, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), International Energy Agency, International Transport Forum (ITF) © PHOTO: Pixtal

 Parts of the world will grow and PROSPER.  www.steria.no 20.09.2009 17 Climate change

 1,5 billion Projected population in China. China is expected to become the world's LARGEST economy.  www.steria.no 20.09.2009 18 Climate change SOURCE: Goldman Sachs, The N-11: More Than an Acronym" - Goldman Sachs study of N11 nations, Global Economics Paper No: 153, March 28, 2007. © PHOTO: AFP / Liu Jin

 1,6 billion Projected population in India. India is expected to become the THIRD largest economy in the world.  www.steria.no 20.09.2009 19 Climate change SOURCE: Goldman Sachs, The N-11: More Than an Acronym" - Goldman Sachs study of N11 nations, Global Economics Paper No: 153, March 28, 2007. © PHOTO: Reuters / Stringer / India

 Other parts of the world will be DEVASTATED.  www.steria.no 20.09.2009 20 Climate change

 Crude Over the past 50 years, humans have changed ecosystems faster and more extensively than in any period in human history.  www.steria.no 20.09.2009 21 Climate change SOURCE: World Resource Institute, Ecosystems and Human Well-being: Synthesis, 2005 PLACE: Oil-sand field in Canada © PHOTO: Scanpix / AFP / David Boily

 50% of all the forests that once covered the Earth, have already been cleared for farmland and urban development.  www.steria.no 20.09.2009 22 Climate change SOURCE: World Resources Institute, World Resources 1998–99 © PHOTO: Luth / Fancy

 13 million hectares of forest disappear each year. That’s an area about the size of New York.  www.steria.no 20.09.2009 23 Climate change SOURCE: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, State of World Forests, 2007 © PHOTO: Luth / Photodisc

 The competition for FOOD, WATER, LAND and ENERGY will intensify.  www.steria.no 20.09.2009 24 Climate change

 As we keep CROWDING the Earth.  www.steria.no EVENT: Earth at night 20.09.2009 25 Climate change © PHOTO: DMSP and NASA

 The KEY point is…  www.steria.no 20.09.2009 26 Climate change

 Unsustainable The fashion and speed in which we keep exploiting Earth, is simply unsustainable in the long term  www.steria.no 20.09.2009 27 Climate change © PHOTO: Scanpix / Corbis

 If we continue POLLUTING the atmosphere like we do today…  www.steria.no 20.09.2009 28 Climate change

 CO2 CO2 Carbon emissions from human activities are expected to more than DOUBLE. CO2 CO2 CO2  www.steria.no 20.09.2009 29 Climate change SOURCE: PricewaterhouseCoopers, The world in 2050, Impact of global growth on carbon emissions, 2006 © PHOTO: Scanpix / AP / Frank Augstein

 The highest CO2 levels in 650,000 years. 400 Historical CO2 levels 2007 Source: NASA, Global Climate Change, 2009 and 360 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) CO2 parts per million 320 CO2 levels have never been higher than this line – until now 280 1950 240 200 160 00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ,0 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 50 30 20 40 15 25 35 10 YEARS before today (0=1950)  www.steria.no 20.09.2009 30 Climate change

 The carbon overload in the atmosphere, acts like a warming blanket covering Earth.  www.steria.no 20.09.2009 31 Climate change © PHOTO: Scanpix / Masterfile / David Papazian

 Global warming is already happening and it’s accelerating.  www.steria.no 20.09.2009 32 Climate change SOURCE: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), Climate Change 2007 – Synthesis Report EVENT: Chemical manufacturing facility in Australia © PHOTO: Scanpix / Reuters / Mick Tsikas

 Our climate will get totally OUT OFF BALANCE.  www.steria.no 20.09.2009 33 Climate change

 Climate changes are being observed across the globe.  www.steria.no 20.09.2009 34 Climate change © PHOTO: Scanpix / Corbis

 Weather prognosis: Warmer, wetter and wilder Extin of wi ction Extreme g of d ldlife BExakinct re ct d io eltin s an M ap ownnof Air weather ofnwtildlifle a ur a pollution Global ice c laciers warming g resources Rising sea levels  www.steria.no 20.09.2009 35 Climate change © Photo: Luth / Image Source

 The most obvious EVIDENCE is this…  www.steria.no 20.09.2009 36 Climate change

 Warming! The 17 warmest years ever recorded have all occured in the last 20. The warmth of the last century is unprecented in the previous 1,300 years.  www.steria.no 20.09.2009 37 SOURCE: Met Office Hadley Centre, Warming: Climate Change – the facts, 2009 Climate change © PHOTO: Scanpix / Thomas Nykrog

 Ice melting The Arctic ice cap has lost 30% of its surface area in 30 years. The rate of loss has accelerated since 2002. 1982 2007  www.steria.no 20.09.2009 38 Climate change SOURCE: US National Snow and Ice Data Centre, 2007 / United Nations Environment Programme, Global Outlook for Ice & Snow, 2007 The Arctic ice cap © PHOTO: Unknown

 The most dangerous THREAT to human society is this…  www.steria.no 20.09.2009 39 Climate change

 Rising sea levels Rising temperatures cause the large oceans to heat up and expand. Gnawing away at low-lying coastal communities.  www.steria.no 20.09.2009 40 Climate change SOURCE: NASA mission help dissect sea-level rise, 2006 EVENT: Cancun, Mexico © PHOTO: Luth / Digital Vision Singles

 Extreme weather The extreme weather we've been experiencing, like heat waves, storms and floods, will become more frequent and extreme.  www.steria.no 20.09.2009 41 Climate change SOURCE: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 2008 EVENT: Flood in central Minsk, Belarus, July 2009 © PHOTO: Scanpix / AP / Sergei Grits

 It is possible to do something, but TIME is running out.  www.steria.no 20.09.2009 42 Climate change

 We only have a few years to reverse the rise in carbon emissions and avoid catastrophic climate changes  www.steria.no 20.09.2009 43 Climate change © PHOTO: Scanpix / Corbis / Wolfram Schroll

 We must get and use energy smarter.  www.steria.no 20.09.2009 44 Climate change © Photo: Scanpix / Masterfile / Mike Dobel

 The way we currently use coal, oil and gas… … pollutes the atmosphere with huge amounts of carbon emissions (CO2)  www.steria.no 20.09.2009 45 Climate change © Photo: EPA / DIEGO AZUBEL

 We must start to capture and store CO2 emissions. Especially from industrial- and fossil fuel processes, power stations and transportation.  www.steria.no 20.09.2009 46 Climate change

 We must use more renewable energy sources. Such as:  Hydrogen  Biomass  Solar power  Wind  Geothermal  Biodiesel  Tidal  www.steria.no 20.09.2009 47 Climate change © Photo: www.flickr.com/photos/andjohan/1022097482/

We must be better at sustainable forest  management. Did you know: A single tree can absorb a TON of CO2 over its lifetime.  www.steria.no 20.09.2009 50 Climate change © Photo: Scanpix Denmark / Jørgen Bausager

 We must push for more climate-friendly farming. Use nitrogen and petro-chemical based fertilisers and water more efficiently.  www.steria.no 20.09.2009 51 Climate change SOURCE: Emission Database for Global Atmospheric Research © PHOTO: Uknown

 We must reduce and recycle our waste.  www.steria.no 20.09.2009 52 Climate change

 Some FINAL thoughts…  www.steria.no 20.09.2009 53 Climate change

 We now have an UNIQUE chance. To be more creative than all of mankind before us. To totally rethink and redesign our lives: - How we get and use energy. - How we work and live. - How we make things.  www.steria.no 20.09.2009 54 Climate change © Photo: Scanpix / Reuters

 What an exciting future. All the innovations we need to develop, to recreate a sustainable world will give us plenty of opportunities, both for job creation and economic growth.  www.steria.no 20.09.2009 55 Climate change © Photo: PhotoAlto Singles

 We owe it to our children. In the end, it will not be us who deal with the most devastating effects of climate change. It will be our children and our grandchildren.  www.steria.no 20.09.2009 56 Climate change © Photo: Scanpix / Corbis

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 Recommended websites Organization Website Emission Database for Global Atmosperic Research www.mnp.nl/edgar/ Environmental Defense Fund www.edf.org Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations www.fao.org/ GeSI – Global e-Sustainability Initiative www.gesi.org Goldman Sachs on BRICS www2.goldmansachs.com/ideas Greenpeace www.greenpeace.org Intergovernmental panel on climate change (IPCC) www.ipcc.ch Met Office - Hadley Centre www.metoffice.gov.uk/climatechange/guide/bigpicture/ NASA http://climate.jpl.nasa.gov National Institute for Sciences of the Universe (INSU/CNRS) www.insu.cnrs.fr National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) www.noaa.gov NOAA Mauna Loa Observatory www.mlo.noaa.gov/ Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory (POL) www.pol.ac.uk/ Real Climate www.realclimate.org Stop Global Warming www.stopglobalarming.org  www.steria.no 20.09.2009 63 Climate change

 Recommended websites (cont.) Organization Website The Climate Group www.climategroup.org The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) www.iucn.org The Pembina Institute www.pembina.org The Stern Review http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stern_Review The World Bank http://www.worldbank.org/ Union of Concerned Scientists http://www.ucsusa.org/ United Nations Climate Change Conference, Copenhagen, Dec. 2009 http://en.cop15.dk/ United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC) http://unfccc.int United Nations Population Division (DESA) www.un.org/esa/population/unpop.htm United States Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) www.globalchange.gov US National Snow and Ice Data Centre (NSIDC) http://nsidc.org/ World Energy Technology Outlook 2050 http://technologies.ew.eea.europa.eu/News/new102299/ World Resources Institute http://www.wri.org/ Worldwatch Institute www.worldwatch.org/ WWF International www.panda.org  www.steria.no 20.09.2009 64 Climate change

Whats Wrong With A Little Climate Change? Steria insight series

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