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Responding to Climate Change
AP Environmental Science
Mr. GrantLesson 51
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Objectives:• Define the term Kyoto Protocol.• Suggest ways we may respond to global climate change.• TED - With the same humor and humanity he exuded in An
Inconvenient Truth, Al Gore spells out 15 ways that individuals can address climate change immediately, from buying a hybrid to inventing a new, hotter "brand name" for global warming.
• TED - In this brand-new slideshow (premiering on TED.com), Al Gore presents evidence that the pace of climate change may be even worse than scientists recently predicted. He challenges us to act.
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Kyoto Protocol:
Define the term Kyoto Protocol.
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Suggest ways we may respond to global climate change.
• Both adaptation and mitigation are necessary for responding to climate change.
• Conservation, energy efficiency, and new clean and renewable energy sources will help reduce greenhouse emissions.
• New automotive technologies and investment in public transportation will help reduce emissions.
• Addressing climate change will require multiple strategies.
• The Kyoto Protocol provided a first step for nations to begin addressing climate change.
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Suggest ways we may respond to global climate change.
• Despite failure of the Copenhagen conference, nations are continuing efforts to design a treaty to follow the Kyoto Protocol.
• U.S. states and cities are acting to address emissions because the federal government has not.
• Emissions trading programs provide a way to harness the free market and engage industry in reducing emissions.
• Many people feel a carbon tax, specifically a fee-and-dividend approach, is a better option.
• Individuals are increasingly exploring carbon offsets and other means of reducing personal carbon footprints.
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Shall we pursue mitigation or adaptation?
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We need both adaptation and mitigation
The faster we reduce our emissions, the
less we will alter the climate
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Electricity generation
A coal-fired, electricity-generating power plant
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Conservation and efficiency
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Sources of electricity
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Transportation
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Conventional cars are inefficient
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We can reduce emissions in other ways
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We need to follow multiple strategies
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Strategies to stabilize CO2 emissions
15 strategies could each take care of one wedge
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The FCCC
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The Kyoto Protocol tried to limit emissions
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The Copenhagen conference
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Will emissions cuts hurt the economy?
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States and cities are advancing policies
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Market mechanisms address climate change
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Cap-and-trade emissions trading programs
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Cap-and-trade programs already exist
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Carbon taxes are another option
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Carbon offsets are popular
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You can reduce your carbon footprint
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The International Day of Climate Action
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TED Video
Al Gore on averting climate crisis (16:15)
Once the US Vice President, then star of An Inconvenient Truth, now Nobel Peace Prize winner, Al Gore found a way to focus the world's attention on climate change. In doing so, he has invented a new medium -- the Keynote movie -- and reinvented himself.
With the same humor and humanity he exuded in An Inconvenient Truth, Al Gore spells out 15 ways that individuals can address climate change immediately, from buying a hybrid to inventing a new, hotter "brand name" for global warming.
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TED Video
Al Gore's new thinking on the climate crisis (27:52)
Once the US Vice President, then star of An Inconvenient Truth, now Nobel Peace Prize winner, Al Gore found a way to focus the world's attention on climate change. In doing so, he has invented a new medium -- the Keynote movie -- and reinvented himself.
In this brand-new slideshow (premiering on TED.com), Al Gore presents evidence that the pace of climate change may be even worse than scientists recently predicted. He challenges us to act.