CLIMATE CHANGE&

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

By P.K.K

(ESM)

CLIMATE CHANGE

Definition of climate change

• Any significant change in the measures of climate lasting for an extended period of time (10 to 100s of years). In other words, climate change includes major changes in:

Temperature Precipitation Winds other indicators • Climate change can involve both changes in average

conditions and changes in variability, including, for example, extreme events

Causes…

1. Human causes 2. Natural causes

Natural causes

• Volcanic eruptions• Ocean current• The earth’s orbital

changes • Solar variations

Human causes

• Greenhouse gases • Deforestation• Coal mining• Burning of fossil fuels

EFFECTS….• Melting ice sheets • Sea level rise• Heavy rainfall across the

globe• Extreme drought• Decline in crop productivity• Ecosystems are changing• Hurricanes• Rise in temperature• Carbon dioxide acidifies

seawater

CONVENTIONS AND CONFERENCEES

• United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change(UNFCCC).

• Kyoto Protocol• 2015 United Nations

Climate Change Conference , Paris , France

Sustainable development

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

• Sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs…….  World Commission on Environment and Development, Our Common Future (1987)

Primary Goals of Sustainability

• The end of poverty and hunger• Better standards of education and healthcare - particularly

as it pertains to water quality and better sanitation• Sustainable economic growth while promoting jobs and

stronger economies• All of the above and more while tackling the effects

of climate change, pollution and other environmental factors that can harm and do harm people's health, livelihoods and lives.

• Sustainability to include health of the land, air and sea

Importance

• The Three Pillars of Sustainability

1. Economic Development

2. Social Development3. Environmental

Protection