What is global warming?

An average increase in the temperature of

the atmosphere near the Earth’s surface and
in the troposphere, which can contribute to
changes in global climate patterns
 What causes global warming?
Burning of fossil fuels (Coal/Crude oil)
• Power plants- generate electricity

• Transportation-----fuels for transports (E.g. LPG,

• kerosene, fuel oil)

• Industrial processes (E.g. manufacture of

cement, steel ,alluminium
• Other greenhouse gases emission

 Agriculture
 Forestry
 Other land uses
 Waste management
 Green house gases
• Carbon dioxide (CO2)
• Methane (CH4)
• Nitrous oxide (N2O)
• Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs)
• Perfluorocarbons (PFCs)
• Sulphur hexafluoride (SF6)
What is the Green House Effect?

Greenhouse gases in the atmosphere

↓
Some infrared radiation is trapped
↓
Greenhouse effect
 Scientific evidences of global warming
• Increased earth’s global average temperature
Increased levels of carbon dioxide
• The impacts of climate change are not ev
The impacts of climate change
are not evenly distributed – the poorest
countries and people will suffer earliest
and most. And if and when the damages
appear it will be too late to reverse the
process. Thus we are forced to look a
long way ahead
Story so far…..
 Blessing in disguise…

• Alternate energy-rise of a new investment

trend
• rise in total new global investments in clean
energy:: $33.4 billion in 2004 to $148.4 billion
in 2007
• trend to continue till 2030
• equally attractive market for small investors