Climate Change– How we will solve it?

Supported by the Ministry of Education

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Mankind’s consumption of natural resources

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Mankind’s consumption of natural resources

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Mankind’s consumption of natural resources

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Mankind’s consumption of natural resources

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WWF Living Planet

What is Climate Change?

Climate change is heightened greenhouse effect

Human impacts on the carbon cycle

Human impacts on the carbon cycle

Human impacts on the carbon cycle

Human impacts on the carbon cycle

Human impacts on the carbon cycle

Human activities contribute

greenhouse gas emissions in variety of ways

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‹#›Energy production

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‹#›Motoring

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‹#›Animal husbandry

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‹#›Steel production

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‹#›Planting rice

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Carbon Footprint

How big is your carbon footprint?

Example footprints of Finn’s

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What does a Finn’s carbon footprint consist of?

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John Webster

• Film director• Lives in an ecological

house designed and constructed by himself, located close to the railways

• The house is heated with geothermal energy and with a fireplace

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Tytti Määttä• County manager in Vaala• Owns no car, even if there

is practically no collective traffic available in Kainuu

• Lives a kilometer away from her workplace and walks there every day

• Vaala muncipality has shared cars to use for work related trips

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Tuomas Toivonen and Nene Tsuboi

• Tuomas Toivonen is an architecht and vocalist of Giant Robot, Nene Tsuboi is an artist

• They live in Kallio, Helsinki in a 36m² sized apartment located 3 metro stops from their work place

• Vocalist of Rammstein• Lives in Berlin with his

daughter and bikes home on the empty streets of Berlin after performing for tens of thousands of people

• Biking creates no greenhouse gas emissions

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Till Lindemann

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Erkki Kalmari

• Farmer from Laukaa who produces biogas from his cows’ manure to fuel his car

• Maintains his own biogas reactor and sells gas to others

• Biogas is one of the most environmentallyfriendly fuels

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Thom Yorke

• Vocalist of Radiohead• A vegetarian• A vegetarian diet produces

significantly less greenhouse gas emissions than a mixed diet

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Heidi Kettunen

• A 20 year old vegan from the city of Helsinki

• For ecological and ethical reasons, does not eat meat, fish, dairy or egg products.

• Producing dairy products creates also a lot of greenhouse gas emissions

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Janne Länsipuro

• A farmer cultivating organic products in Isnäs in Southern Finland

• Cultivating organic products does not consume energy demanding nitrogenous fertilizers

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Maija Kaunismaa

• Travelled to Asia through Russia and China by train

• Long journeys by plane produce approximately ten times more emissions than equally long journeys by train

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Seija Lukkala

• The Managing Director and founder of a company called Globe Hope which produces and sells ecological clothes made from recycled materials

• Globe Hope has drawn a lot of attention to recyclable fashion and given examples of how textiles can be reused

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“Porkkanamafia” (=Carrot mob)• Carrot mob brings

customers to companies which commit to use extra income generated on environmentally friendly investments

• Everybody wins:• Company’s image improves• Consumers can have an

influence• The state of the

environment improves

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Hanna Laiho

• Exercises in a circus group• Activities and sports which

do not require special equipment, heated sheds or long distance travelling by private car are usually climate friendly

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Truck made of carton

• Candidates for matriculation exam of visual arts high school in Tampere created their truck from carton in their final school day (traditional day in Finland to go around the city by trucks)

Low-carbon Future

-90 %Emissions in 2050:

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What is required for happiness?

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‹#›Respecting others

‹#›Safety

‹#›Understanding

‹#›Special experiences

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In the future many things will change:

• housing• transportation• food• travelling• consumption• leisure-time

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Where are the changes carried out?

• Politics, municipalities and governments?• Business and trade, services and industry?• Science, technology and research?• Civic society?

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Politics: heros

• The state of California committed to the Kyoto protocol to reduce emissions although the United States had not ratified the protocol

• The state sued car manufacturers because their highly energy consuming cars contribute to climate change

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Civil society: campaigning

• Aims for a national climate bill, a binding contract for politicians to reduce emissions

• In the UK a Climate bill came into effect in 2008 after more than 130 000 citizens demanded it

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Politics: climate negotiations

• The first recognizable convention over climate change issues was signed in Rio de Janeiro in 1992

• In 2009 there was a significant climate conference in Copenhagen

• Negotiations between the industrialised and developing countries are challenging

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Politics: sustainable alternatives

• The city of Paris provides trendy and easily available city bikes to its inhabitants and tourists

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Civil society: information services• NGOs share information

and publish briefings to several target groups

• “Ilmari” information project to schools was established in 2003 and is an ongoing project

• “ilmasto.org” has distributed climate change information since 1998

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Business: eco labels

• Companies now use eco labels because consumers demand and favor such products

• Footprint calculations for groceries is ongoing and develops all the time

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Business: new products

• Carbon emissions for oat raw material are 360 g/kg

• Carbon emissions for milk raw material are 1000 g/kg

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Science: technological development• Solar Sailor operates with

both sun and wind power• The ship consumes

approximately 50 % less energy than ordinary vessel

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You have been cheated on when said that

you would be tomorrow's decision makers.

You are decision makers already!

Lots has been achieved through civil action

Climate change is THE THING

for this generation

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Photos:

ice berg: feffef@flickrdried earth: ozyman@flickrmotory: atwatervillage@flickrlaundry: clemente@flickrsmall cyclist: hop-frog@flickrFerrish wheel: venegas@flickr

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energy production: mattimattila@flickrrice: ricephotos@flickrcars and wind turbines: pagedooley@flickrFinnish winter scenery: jskoole@flickrchildren in school: cambodia4kidsorg@flickrretired: mcohen.chromiste@flickrKyung-wha Kang: us-mission@flickrcondom: Koshiro.kun@flickr

Textno jobs: mundoo@flickrradish: sea-turtle@flickrtapes: shadows_and_light@flickrErkki Kalmari: Erkki KalmariJanne Länsipuro: Janne LänsipuroSeija Lukkala: Globe HopeHanna Laiho: Hanna Laihogirl in a city: lugolounge@flickrrunning kids: landahlauts@flickrskate ramp: clarkmackey@flickrhug: Nuorten Akatemiafridge magnets: sonson@flickrthe big ask: polttavakysymys@flickr

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animal husbandry: docman@flickrsteel plant: riffraff1@flickrforest destruction: visionshare@flickrThom Yorke: vtrslv@flickrCarrot mob: marinadi@flickrbookstore: adamskev@flickrSchwarzenegger: thomashawk@flickrassembly hall: unfccc@flickrVelib city bikes: carthesian@flickr

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