ENT 526 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Plastic Pollution, Social Animal, Smog
4 May 2018
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FSN 199 – Questions of Sustainability (Part 3)
Goal 13: Combat Climate Change and its Impacts
1. There is no country that as not seen effects of environmental change
2. 2010 estimated worldwide = 46 billion metric tons = 35% increase from 1990
3. Air pollution costs trillions and holds back development and kills
o Each year 7 million premature deaths are annually linked to air pollution
4. China tops WHO
5. Delhi smog
o Permeates through skin and clothing
6. Africa
o Air pollution more deadly than malnutrition or dirty water
7. Toxic emissions from shipping are overlooked
o One vessel can emit the same amount of pollution as one town
8. The Arctic - The New Cold War
9. Canada claims the North Pole
10. Trailblazing
o Arctic sea ice will have shrunk by at least 2/3
o Opens up year-round shipping routes across the Arctic Ocean
o Political maneuvering
11. Profit now or a disaster in the making?
o People are already assuming that the North-West Passage will be free from ice, and there
will no longer be limitations on size
Goal 14: Conserve and Sustainably use the Oceans, Seas, and Marine Resources
12. Ocean warming may turn out to be the greatest hidden challenge of this generation
13. Ocean
o Conduit for trade and transportation
14. Tuna and mackerel populations have declined by 74% in 40 years
15. 8 million metric tons of plastic waste goes into the world's oceans yearly
o "By 2050 the oceans could have more plastic than fish." - Rebecca H.
16. Great Pacific Garbage Patch
o It's there, but no one really sees it
o Plastic doesn't disappear, it just breaks down into small particles
17. Sustainable clothing line from recycled fishing nets and plastic waste
o Giulio Bonazzi
CEO of Aquafil
18. The Earth lost 50% of its wildlife in the past 40 years
Goal 15: Halt Biodiversity Loss
19. Canada is the largest contributor to deforestation, worldwide
20. Man is by nation a social animal - Aristotle
21. ECCO 9707 chair
o 10 anniversary of HK's return to China
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