Global Warming - Mitigation Measures

GLOBAL WARMING AND CLIMATE CHANGE -MITIGATION MEASURES

If a red house is made of red bricks, a blue house is made of blue bricks, and a yellow house is made of yellow bricks. What material a green house is made of ?. . . . . . . . . . .

A green house is made of glass .

SUN Trapped Infrared radiation

GLASS HOUSE

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Greenhouse gases which are normally present in the atmosphere to reflect or trap infrared radiation (greenhouse effect) Without greenhouse gases all infrared radiation from the sun will be directed to earth and reradiated back to space and none will remain making the earth unlivable SUN Trapped Infrared radiation GLASS HOUSE

GLASS HOUSE

GREENHOUSE EFFECT

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Greenhouse Gases are naturally occurring gases that are vital in regulating the Earth’s temperature

GREENHOUSE EFFECT

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GREENHOUSE GASES include carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, halocarbons, and water

Global Warming Building up of greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide (CO2), methane, oxides of nitrogen, etc. in the atmosphere at a fast rate in such a way that it has resulted in significant climatic changes

ACTIVITIES GENERATING GREENHOUSE GASES BURNING OF FOSSIL FUELS

DEFORESTATION

BEFORE GLOBAL WARMING

WITH GLOBAL WARMING

Impacts of Global Warming 

Dying coral reefs as seas are too warm for comfort. They suffer from loss of algae that color and nourish them

Impacts of Global Warming

National Food Authority (NFA) warehouse in total wreckage, Balintawak, Naga City

The proposed Naga City Coliseum which is undergoing construction with its twisted steel beams after the typhoon

Extreme Weather Conditions

Impacts on Globing Warming

In 2004, the death toll stood at 412, with 177 people missing, after typhoon Winnie triggered landslides and flash floods in Quezon. In February 2006, an estimated 1,500 to 2,500 people died after the village of Guinsaugon, Leyte was buried by mudflow. This mudslide happened after heavy rains dumped 459.2 millimeters of rain in only 3 days.

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FLOODING AND LANDSLIDES MASSIVE DESTRUCTION OF LIVES, AND PROPERTIES.

Impacts of Global Warming 

HOTTER TIMES

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frequent long droughts

HOW DO YOU ACHIEVE THE LOW CARBON DIET? l o o h Sc

Home

Car

Public Transport

Office

Anywhere at Any time

Diet is about reducing waste, recycling and conserving energy

Diet is about conserving energy

Diet is about putting a stop to car idling

Diet is about using paper wisely and recycling

Diet is about serving as role models to children in resourcesconservation

Diet is about proper driving habits to

conserve energy

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Wheneve r p ossib le, wa lk or b ik e. Us e m ass tra nsit

• Pro mote and use alt ernativ e cle aner fu els - biodiesel, bio eth anol •

Support renewable energy sola r, win d, bio mass

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Us e e nerg y e ffic ie nt applia nces

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Use energ y s aving la mps in stead in candescent bulbs.

• Avoid burning of g arbage a nd other mate ria ls . • Switc h o ff l ig hts a nd a ppli ances wh en not i n u se. • Conserv e wa ter. C lose fa ucet tightly . Repla ce or re pair l eak fa ucets a nd pip es.

• Do n ot burn yo ur wa st e including agric ultu ra l wa ste •

Support re use and re cyclin g pro gra ms

• Pro tect remai ning f orest resources. Do not cut down trees.

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