In its most recent report, the IPCC concludes that the average temperature of the earth's surface has risen by 0.6 °C since the late 1800s. It is expected to increase by another 1.4â5.8 °C by the year 2100 â a rapid and profound change.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has estimated that 1.5 billion people live in cities with unsafe levels of airborne particulate matter
Changes in temperature and rainfall conditions influence transmission patterns for many diseases,
The livelihood of more than half of the economically active population in the developing world directly depends in whole or part on the environment through agriculture, as well as animal husbandry, hunting, fishing, forestry, and foraging. This alone underscores the importance of the central place of environment in the emerging post-2015 Sustainable Development Goals.
1. Do you agree or Disagree on the importance environmentally sustainable development. Explain why?
2. Are developed countries more responsible for damage to the climate?(due to build up in the past)
3. What, if any, is the responsibility of the developed world to assist lesser developed countries with resilience to climate change?
4. Should the burden of sustainable development and to clean up be shared according to current population, proportional to GDPpc, or current emissions? that isShould the burden of cleaning or cutting back on emission be distributed among countries such that
a) one with more population
b) one with higher GDP per capita
or
c) one which has higher emissions
5. What can we as individuals do?
In its most recent report, the IPCC concludes that the average temperature of the earth's surface has risen by 0.6 °C since the late 1800s. It is expected to increase by another 1.4â5.8 °C by the year 2100 â a rapid and profound change.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has estimated that 1.5 billion people live in cities with unsafe levels of airborne particulate matter
Changes in temperature and rainfall conditions influence transmission patterns for many diseases,
The livelihood of more than half of the economically active population in the developing world directly depends in whole or part on the environment through agriculture, as well as animal husbandry, hunting, fishing, forestry, and foraging. This alone underscores the importance of the central place of environment in the emerging post-2015 Sustainable Development Goals.
1. Do you agree or Disagree on the importance environmentally sustainable development. Explain why?
2. Are developed countries more responsible for damage to the climate?(due to build up in the past)
3. What, if any, is the responsibility of the developed world to assist lesser developed countries with resilience to climate change?
4. Should the burden of sustainable development and to clean up be shared according to current population, proportional to GDPpc, or current emissions? that isShould the burden of cleaning or cutting back on emission be distributed among countries such that
a) one with more population
b) one with higher GDP per capita
or
c) one which has higher emissions
5. What can we as individuals do?
